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"The heavens... withhold the dew"

Text: Haggai 1:10

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD

The returnees had apparently forgotten the power of the LORD. Heaven and earth acknowledge Him as the Sovereign LORD!

“Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew,
and the earth withholds its fruit.
For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains,
on the grain and the new wine and the oil,
on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock,
and on all the labour of your hands.”
Haggai 1:10-11

1. “Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit”

a) It is within the will of God to bless or to withhold.

b) God has the sovereign right to command the heavens and the earth to withhold dew and fruit.

2. “I called for a drought”

a) This would have devastating impact on the earth:

i) On the mountains

ii) On land

b) Consequences

i) On the grain

ii) The new wine

iii) The oil

iv) Whatever the ground brings forth

3. “Men and livestock”

a) They would be severely affected.

b) All would suffer severe setbacks if God were to send a drought.

4. “All the labour of your hands”

a) The returnees had worked very hard.

b) But they had forgotten the LORD their God who had brought them back to their homeland.

c) They may no longer be worshipping idols.

d) But their faith-relationship with God was not great at all.

e) Their heart and mind were on themselves almost completely.