IT is a great thing to be chosen by God as the messenger in order to carry His message to His people or to the world. Many, it is to be feared, profess to represent Him, who know little or nothing of that which He would have them proclaim. In Haggai we see a man wholly subject to the Lord. As His representative Haggai sought to give forth to the returned captives the message which God had given him. It was a message destined both to exercise the conscience and to strengthen the hearts of the people of the Lord. As we ponder these words they may well speak to us today, bidding us consider our ways and be strong in the Lord and the power of His might.
“Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
In living echoes of Thy tone;
As Thou hast sought, so let me seek
Thy erring children lost and Ione.
O teach me, Lord, that I may teach
The precious things Thou dust impart;
And wing my words, that they may reach
The hidden depths of many a heart.
O use me, Lord, use even me,
Just as Thou wilt, and when, and where;
Until Thy blessed face I see.
Thy rest, Thy joy. Thy glory share.”
—Frances R. Havergal.