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Give generously. It is not yours to keep anyway.

It is very easy for people to become selfish and only concerned about their personal wellbeing and nothing else. When they do this they forget that what goes around comes around, meaning if you are selfish and uninterested in the wellbeing of others then there will come a time of personal need when no one is interested to lend you a helping hand. It's worst when you are selfish with the creator God. He supplies all your needs. This is the message of this book and chapter . Haggai 1:6 “You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.” No one was interested to give their time and material wealth to rebuild God's house in Jerusalem. Haggai goes through an elaborate discourse with the leaders of Judah of his day concerning the consequences of not looking into the spiritual affairs of the nation...