The prophets of the Bible did a similar evaluation after spiritual disasters. They documented the personal, social, and environmental effects of turning away from the one true God (Isaiah 1:1-9; Haggai 1:2-7).
In behalf of a loving God, the prophet Haggai urged his neighbors to give careful attention to what had happened. He noted the priority they were giving to their own comforts and wanted them to observe how dissatisfied and empty they still were (Haggai 1:5-6; cf. Ecclesiastes 2:1-11).
Beloved, if God did not care, He would not ask us to consider the time and effort we are spending on creature comforts. If He did not love us, He would not remind us of all of the material blessings He has given us (Acts 14:16-17; Acts 17:24-25).
God sees what has happened to us, and knows how much we need to focus on spiritual things today (Colossians 3:1-4; Matthew 6:33 ESV).
—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets
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