November 25, 2018 -- Haggai 2:6-7 -- Jesus, the Desire of All Nations

For thus says the LORD of hosts:

'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts.

Haggai 2:6-7 NKJV

There are really only two times in my life that I can remember feeling the tremor of an earthquake. Both times it was pretty mild compared to what people in our world who live in earthquake prone regions experience! Yet I can tell you, to have the earth shake under you grabs your attention and focuses you.

In our passage to day Jesus is called: The Desire of All Nations. All our wanton and wrongly directed cravings are perversions of our one, true desire: Jesus. When God created Adam and Eve, He planted in them, and in us, all of us who are their biological descendents, a deep longing, a soul-consuming desire for relationship with God. In fact, Jesus is the soul's true Desire. Sin is the act of trying to satisfy the soul's craving with anything else or anyone else apart from Him, Jesus alone is the Desire of All Nations.

Get up and join with believers in a Bible-believing church today. Discover why you are living with such dissatisfaction in your life and answer the true craving of your soul by encountering Jesus, the Desire of All Nations.

Forgive me, Spirit of God, for the many times I ignore Your prompting and proddings and I go my own way trying to satisfy my desires. Forgive me Spirit of God, for trying to fill my desires with all the things that can never satisfy. Thank You, Spirit of Truth, for directing me to Jesus Christ, He Who is the True Desire of my soul. Spirit of Compassion, by Your summons You bring men and women, boys and girls to church. Often those attending church don't even realize it is Your work to bring them there--so help me to be a welcoming presence to all who You are bringing to church. Let my words and actions show others I walk with Jesus, the Desire of All Nations. Amen