Haggai is a small book that has changed many lives. It asks us to consider our ways and shows how we can have a relationship with God that will be deep and meaningful or we can look at the book or remain unchanged. One man named Handley Moule was searching for the same vibrant relationship that D.L. Moody had and heard Christian businessman William Stone preach on Haggai 1:6. 5 "Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. 6 You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it." 7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. He explained that self sufficiency would never lead to a victorious Christian life. That could only come through absolute surrender to God's sanctifying work. Suddenly Moule realized that he had been attempting to do what only God could do in his life. He surrendered his life completely to Christ. For the next 36 years he would enjoy a dynamic international ministry. (The Blackaby Study Bible)
In Haggai 2 we see where God promises to make King Zerubbabel like a signet ring. 23 " 'On that day,' declares the LORD Almighty, 'I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,' declares the LORD, 'and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,' declares the LORD Almighty."
God had removed his grandfather Jehoiachin as a signet ring (Jer. 22:24). A signet ring had the King's emblem on it and was used to seal documents. God chooses servants to be able to establish His ways and seal them in our lives. Being chosen as a servant is a special assignment and our faithful response will result in God establishing us for His work and purposes.
In Luke 14 we see this in the parable of the great banquet. Those too busy were left out and never tasted the banquet. " 12Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
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