AV 29
Consider
And now, thus said יהוה of hosts, “Consider your ways!” (Hag 1:5)
Worth mentioning is the fact that this phrase –
“Consider your ways” – is mentioned twice in this first chapter of Haggai. We know from the Scriptures that by “the
mouth of two or more witnesses every matter is established” (Deu 19:15);
therefore, we can surmise that with this phrase being mentioned twice within
three verses places a ‘red-flag’ of importance on it.
Noah Webster defines ‘consider’ as “To fix the mind on, with a view to a CAREFUL
EXAMINATION; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on”[1]
(emphasis mine). In other words, our
full and complete attention should be upon that
which is under consideration, examining it closely, and gleaning everything
possible from our examination. And what
are we to study and consider? Our ways …
The
Hebrew word that has been translated as ‘ways’ in our opening verse is the word
derek (Strong’s H1870), and while it
does mean a road, or a path, it also means the direction in which one is
travelling, or a way of living and acting.
I believe it would be safe to include our ‘lifestyle’ in this meaning. Combining the two thoughts together, we are
to closely examine, give our full attention to the how we are living out our lives, or, our lifestyle.
Do my
ways please my Father? Am I living my
life in such a manner that brings honor and esteem to my Creator? Am I His ambassador, representing all that He
is (Eph 6:20)? Do I ‘let my light shine
before men, that all would see, and praise my Father’? (Mat 5:16)
Or have
I reached the place where I no longer care anything about to whom I belong, or who actually sees what I am doing?
“If they were wise, They
would understand this, They would consider their latter end!” (Deu 32:29)
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