1. Haggai 1:5 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the importance of the command, “Consider your ways”?

Haggai 1:5 (ESV)

5 Now, therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

The Lord’s instruction is literally, Set your heart upon your ways. This is a favourite phrase of Haggai’s; he says it twice in our text alone (see further Haggai 2:15, Haggai 2:18). He is calling God’s people to take a good hard look at their lifestyle, their choices, and the frustrations that they have experienced because of their upside-down priorities.