Consider Your Ways! Why? Did I Do Something Wrong?

Haggai 1:5-6(NKJV)

5Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!

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.”

What a great passage.  When things just aren't going according to plan, consider your ways.  I want to offer a slightly different take on this.

I think for most of us when we read this passage we read it as a warning from God that we are sinning greatly and need to consider our ways.  While that may be the case for some, I would suggest that this passage has a wider meaning than that.

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."  This quote has been attributed to Einstein and Benjamin Franklin as well as others.  I couldn't find a definitive answer so I will just attribute it to anonymous.   

But isn't it saying the same thing?  If things aren't working out like you had expected, consider your ways.  It doesn't necessarily mean you are doing anything wrong, sinful, or evil.  It could simply mean that you need to evaluate things and make a course correction.  Do something differently. 

Negative feedback in the form of things not working out the way we wanted can be incredibly helpful if we will take this simple  advice.  Don't fear the negative feedback.  It's just telling you to consider your ways so that you can make changes that will better your situation!

And just in case you haven't done it yet, one of the ways you can change for immediate impact is to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.  Would you like Jesus to help?  Then ask Him for it today!