Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we finished our 33rd book of the Bible and in the next 11 days we'll be

finishing six more books and the whole Old Testament. We first met the minor prophet Hagai yesterday in Ezra 5

where he was standing around the construction site of the deconstructed temple

with his buddy Zachariah, another minor prophet. They were there encouraging the

returned exiles of Judah. Today we find

out exactly what it was he said to encourage them and we might even find out the exact day he said

it. Scholars believe it was August 29th, 520 BC.

After the exiles returned from Babylon, their first high priest is a guy named

Joshua. But in today's reading it spelled like Joshua. We'll keep calling him

Jeshua since that's how we met him and since we're already

friends with another Joshua. Today Hagai has a conversation with

Jesuwaite, the High Priest, and Zerubabell, who is the local ruler over the people of Judah and he

confronts them both about the misplaced priorities of the people. Hagar says, look I know

you all want to put ship lap in your houses it's's apparently a thing now, but we've got more important

walls to panel. No matter what you do to your homes and your wardrobes and your lifestyles, it will never be enough.

You'll always want more.

Stop scrolling Instagram and Amazon long enough to face that reality.

Nothing you're investing your time and effort and emotion into is paying any kinds of dividends

for you.

You're just left with stress and frustration. But do you know what

will be a wise use of your time? Do you know what would be a righteous use of your energy?

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