Till Debt Do Us Part. Part [10] 10/19/2026 (Morning thought)

Haggai 1:9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and you run every man unto his own house.

Some may not understand what The Lord is saying to us individually and nationally, so let us put that phrase: “A bag with holes” into context, using the vernacular of the people so that every person could understand. “A bag with holes” means higher diesel prices and increasing pain at the pump, higher grocery prices and higher energy costs. And at every turn, when it is time to spend, things just seem not to be adding up for some strange, unknown reason.

One of the main reasons for this phenomenon is that benevolence is being choked off, and all who follow that model of hoarding to preserve self, will discover that it is a losing strategy on every level. This leads us to our study for today, in which a poor, woman, who is hanging on by her last thread has to make a life, or death decision, since the economic outlook is as grim as you could get.

There is a severe food shortage, farmers are out of diesel, drought is taking its toll on reservoirs and lakes, and the price of food, goods and services is through the roof. Yet, God sends Elijah to this widow woman, to ask her to open up her springs of benevolence, even as she is hunkering down with her last meal for herself and her son. What should she do, because she is on the verge of starvation.

Haggai 1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

Till Debt Do Us Part. Part [9] 10/19/2026 (Evening thought)

Haggai 1:6 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes.

[6] Unfaithfulness in tithes and offerings. This final, but very important contributing factor is quite often overlooked as one of the root causes of mounting debt. When you have apparently done everything right, when you have listened to all of the financial gurus, and you still seem to make no headway, the cause can be in the area of tithes and offerings….. Haggai 1: 5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

Just as soon as beneficence is put on hold, just as soon as more is withheld than that which is due, we will often find ourselves slipping into more debt, so that persons will be taking one step forwards and two steps backwards. As developed countries cut the purse strings which were pledged to help poorer nations, national debt has skyrocketed at the same time. That is because the principles of inflow and outflow, which God has ordained, are being violated, in favor of self-serving principles.

The Bible puts it this way, that when benevolence is restricted, inflows would also be restricted and even that which is received by such entities, or persons is going to be wasted on nothingburgers. Poor choices will be made and funds will be wasted in many ways but the real cause may go undetected for years…. Haggai 1:7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

Haggai 1:2 Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built. 3 Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste?

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!