Get to Work: Haggai's Reminder

Hello, welcome. I'm Tammy Toney-Butler, Healing Evangelist, and welcome to the Reflective Spaces Ministry teaching and message that God has for you today. I was not planning on going live. I was just gonna record it and put it out, but I really felt the spirit of the Lord urging me to come on and to do this teaching. And in my time alone with him this morning, he was revealing such truth that was coming from the book of Haggai. And I felt compelled by him to do even this teaching. And the title of this message is Get to Work. Haggai's reminder, get to work, Haggai's reminder. And what is his reminder for us as the church, us as the faithful remnant, as the body of believers? And what can we glean from the book of Haggai? And what can we harvest today? from the field of knowledge that comes to us through the words, through the message, through the reading of the text. What message does God have for his people? What is he saying to us today? And Holy Spirit, I just ask that you come, that you have your... your way in this time that we have together, that they have spiritual ears to hear and eyes to see, that they hear and see what it is that you have for them, that they understand that the trumpet is sounding and that you have a word for them, that your prophet is bringing them a word and that they need to hear this word, just like in the book of Haggai, where Haggai was bringing the word of the Lord, I'm bringing a word of the Lord to you today. And the Lord wants you to see something. He wants you to hear something. He wants you to glean from this field. He wants you to understand the urgency of the hour and that he's coming for his bride and that we need to be ready and that we need to wake up. And this book is a book of an internal awakening. It's a book about inner restoration. It's about turning from the God of self to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our precious Lord Jesus. It's about us turning. It's about us repenting and saying, God, we've missed it. We put our own self first. We've been building our own house. We've been building our own temple. But we've forgotten that we're to build the temple of the Lord. We've forgotten that we are the temple of the Lord, that we are to take you where you need to go, that we need to be obedient, that we need to stop being in rebellion, that we need to wake up and say, not our will, God, but yours be done, O God. Not our will, but yours be done, O God. We want you to see, to speak through us, God. Not our will, but yours be done, O God. Not our will, but yours be done, O God. And when we look at Haggai, when we look at the book of Haggai and how Haggai was encouraging the people and it spoke of an inner restoration. and even an outward restoration of the temple but really it was an inward restoration it was an inward change it was a change of the inner man it was saying not it's not about me it's not about me and we've made the church about us we've made it about our will we've made our pulpits our congregations about our will are we following the spirit of god are we doing what he's telling us to do in this hour this is not the way it was before we have a different era upon us Jesus is coming. We don't have time to do church as usual. We have to wake up. We have to step out. We have to step into all God's called us to be. We have to raise up disciples. We have to raise up warriors for Christ. We have to realize that we don't wrestle against flesh, that we wrestle against evil and principalities in high places. We need to know how to deal with spiritual warfare. We need to wake up the remnant. We need to rise up. We need to, in this hour, we need to understand that we have to use every tool in our arsenal to bring in the harvest, to bring in the harvest. Jesus is trying. He's trying to move in the church, but you won't let him. You won't be led by the Spirit of God. Instead, you do church as usual. You do programs as usual. He's saying, wake up. He's saying, awaken to the call. Awaken to the time. Awaken to the urgency of the hour. We have to be about letting the Spirit lead. We have to be about getting the fire of God back in the pulpits, drawing people to a convicted state. washing them, cleansing them by the word of God, letting them understand that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. And no one comes to the Father but through the Son. And he who the Son sets free is free indeed. And Jesus is the only way to salvation. The cross is the only way. there is no other way to get into heaven there is no way other way for freedom there is no other way for healing the only way is through the blood of jesus christ that heals that restores that redeems and we have to be about building the church the church of god recognizing that the holy spirit the spirit of the almighty god the spirit of jesus lives inside of us and moves and we are to carry Christ where he needs to go. We are to put on the garment of Christ. We are to be holy. We are to be righteous. We are to be pure. We are to come out of the world. We are not to build our own house. We are to build God's house. We are not to be about our own way. We are to be about God's way. We are to be about setting people free. We are to be about healing and deliverance and empowering and edifying the body of Christ, the body of believers, raising up warriors, raising up the faithful remnant so that in the hour of testing they can stand. We need to be raising them up to stand. We need to be raising them up. We need to be speaking like Haggai. We need to be going out and saying, this is what the Lord says. This is what the Lord says. It is time that we understand that God is speaking and he's speaking to you now. It is time to wake up. It is time to step in and out into all he's called you to be. It is time that you do not have a spirit of fear, that you rebuke the spirit of fear, that you say, I'm going to serve God. As for this house, we serve the Lord Jesus Christ. As for this church, we serve the Lord Jesus Christ. We are going to be led by the spirit of the Messiah, by the spirit of the almighty God that's inside of us. We are not going to follow a program. We're going to let the spirit move, let him deliver, let him set free, let him heal, let people fall out under the glory of Lord. Let the power of the almighty God come and speak and convict and set free and bring about that inner restoration of the inner man of the healing so that we can can put off the garment of this world. We can put off sin. We can let go of sorrow and shame and guilt and fear and regret. and we can put on the garment of praise put on the garment of salvation put on the garment of christ that we can wear joy that we can put on the garment of worship that we can step out and step into all god's called us to be it's time that you rise up in this hour it's time you use your platform it's time you speak and every time they try to silence your voice and you say no You step out and you step into who God's called you to be. You start that ministry. You start preaching in the streets. You go. It is time that you wake up. It is time that you go and realize that the angel of the Lord encamped about you. Realize that you are not alone, that he is with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. It is time to wake up. It is time for the fire of God to get in you, to shake up your bones, to shake up your inner man. for you to be moved by the Almighty God, recognizing that he's speaking to you now, that he's speaking to you now, that he has a message for you now. He has a message for you now, church. He's coming for his bride. He's coming. He is closer than he's ever been. And we have to get people out of the kingdom of darkness and into the kingdom of light. But how will you do that if you don't even go to where they are? They're not coming into your churches. They don't feel worthy. They feel full of shame and guilt and fear and regret and self-loathing. And they've not been welcomed into the very place that's supposed to welcome them in. They've been ridiculed. They've been cast out. They're supposed to be loved and treasured and nurtured up. And we are not under the condemnation of the law. Jesus came to set us free. He came as a healer, as a redeemer, as a restorer. We're here to empower, to edify, to build up the inner man. so that the spirit of God can do the changing. Let God be the judge. We are not the judge. We are not the judge. We are not the judge. God is the judge. And make no mistake, He will judge. But it starts in the house of God first. It starts with the people of God first. The judgment starts with the people of God. The judgment starts in the house that's supposed to protect and shepherd and heal. Are you shepherding? Are you healing? Are you waking them up to God Almighty and the call that he's placed on their life and the purpose? Are you allowing them to become how God's called them to be for the kingdom of God? Are you stopping them? Are you clipping their wings when they're trying to soar, when he wants them to soar? Because it's through them that the great awakening happens. It's through them that the remnant is awakened. It is through them that the pathway is set for the greatest awakening, the greatest awakening. And it starts from within. It starts from the inner man to where you're not walking in rebellion. You're not walking in rebellion. And like in Haggai, the people turn from their disobedience. God, they followed God. God stirred their spirits and they got to work. God stirred their spirits and they got to work. God stirred their spirits and they got to work. God stirred their spirits and they got to work. And that's what I'm saying to you now. God is stirring your spirit now. He's awakened. I'm the sound of the trumpet blowing. This is the sound of the trumpet blowing. I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. I'm coming. And when you look here, when All right, I believe we're back. Can anyone comment if we're back? The Lord was moving and I don't know what happened. It was like technical difficulties. I'm rebuking Satan. I believe that you can hear me now and that we are still live. I see the camera, so I'm going to keep going. The Lord's going to keep going. He's going to keep going with his message. He's going to keep going with his message. And I'm going to add in this image and we're just going to keep on moving. And I believe that you can hear me now. we were talking before we got interrupted, but I'm not going to stop this feed. I'm not going to stop this recording. Even if it went blank for a little bit, I'm going to keep on moving with it because the Lord is saying, get to work. It's Haggai's reminder. It is a time that we wake up. It is a time that we get to work. It is a time that we get to work. Now let's look at Haggai, the book of Haggai. And they had the command to rebuild the temple. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jezadak, the high priest. thus says the lord of hosts these people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the lord then the word of the lord came by the hand of haggai the prophet Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins? Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, consider your ways. You have so much and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough. You drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes. Thus says the Lord of hosts, consider your ways. Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord. You look for much and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. I blew it away. Why declares the Lord of hosts? Because of my house that lies in ruins while each of you busies himself with his own house. Therefore, the heavens above you have withheld the dew and the earth has withheld its produce. And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills on the grain, the new wine, the oil on what the ground brings forth on man and beast and on all their labors. So he's saying, the Lord is saying that because, thank you, Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, thank you. Thank you for restoring what the devil tried to stop. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Oh, thank you, Holy Spirit. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Holy Spirit. Oh, your presence. Thank you, Holy Spirit. we are laboring and toiling in vain. We are building up our own houses instead of putting first the kingdom of God and every day saying, God, what is it that you would have me do? What is it that you would have me do? What message would you have me bring to your people? Where should I go to minister to today? How can I bring souls into the kingdom of God? let me not worry about the cares of this world. Let me not worry about the things of this world, because I know by faith, when I put you first, the kingdom of God first, that I walk by faith and not by sight, that you supply all my needs, but I need to put your house first. I need to put the building of the kingdom of God first. Before we're building up my own house, before I build up my own things, things that are about me, Before I post that selfie on social media, before I post about me and make it all about me and self-gratification, let me stop. Let me pause. Let me pray. Let me seek you, God. Let me seek you, God, to see what you have for me, oh God. What do you have for me this day, God? How do I serve the almighty God? How do I serve you, oh God? God, how do I serve you? How do I serve you? How do I build your house? How do I build your temple, God? Help me to know the heart of Christ and the mind of Christ to do your will, God. I repent. I turn away from the things of this world. I no longer want to operate in rebellion. I want to do what you called me to do. I want to serve you, Lord. I want to serve you, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our precious Lord Jesus. I want to be about the Father's business because Jesus is coming and we got to be ready and we've got to prepare the remnant. And we've gotta be able to stand. And during the times of testing, during the dark times, we've gotta be able to stand. And we cannot stand if we don't have a firm foundation. We have to have a firm foundation to be built on the rock, on the cornerstone. We have to put God first. We have to say, God, it's your will. It is through God that all things are possible. It's through God that you can have the power to rebuke a storm. And when a tornado is facing you down, you can rebuke it in the name of Jesus. And whether it's a storm in your finances, whether it's a storm in your health, whatever it is, you have the power to rebuke it and the enemy will flee because you use the name of Jesus and the power of Jesus. There's power in the name of Jesus and the blood of Jesus. But do you know Jesus? Do you seek Jesus? Does Jesus know you? Paul, I know. Jesus, I know. Paul, I know. But who are you? Do I know you? Do I know you? Do I know you? Does God have a relationship with you? Are you guided by the spirit of the almighty God? Are you led by God? Wake up and step out and look at the message in the book of Haggai. It is very, very short. It is an easy read, but it's all about us letting go of self, of our own way that we think something should be done. It's about a remnant that labors in hope. It's basically about a fresh start, a do-over. God has restored his people to the promised land. and and you know the people had their own expectations and we have our own expectations now and and we can struggle and and we can be you know fighting just to to to make ends meet but if we put god first and realize everything will be supplied by god and if we trust god then then he will send the rain he will send the dew we won't have the famine we we won't Have the pestilence because we will have God who's in our corner. God who feeds us. God who strengthens us. And that's what Haggai did. Haggai encouraged the people. And let's look where he is encouraging the people. Let's see here. Here it is. When we look at in two, Haggai two, in the seventh month on the twenty first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai, the prophet. Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Sheltear, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jezadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people and say, who is left among you? Who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes? Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the Lord. Be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedek, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. Work for I am with you, declares the Lord of hosts. According to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt, my spirit remains in your midst. Fear not, for thus says the Lord of hosts. Yet once more in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations so that the treasures of all nations shall come in. And I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place, I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts. declares the Lord of hosts. And then it goes on to talk about blessings for a defiled people. Blessings for defiled people. And it says in, in, uh, two, seventeen, I struck you and all the products of your toil, uh, with blight and with mildew and with hail. Yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord. Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundations of the Lord's temple was laid, consider, is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on, I will bless you." but it's talking about us waking up. It's talking about God's promises that are at work. The glory of the new temple will exceed the former one. God will heal the land because they have obeyed his commands. God will keep the leaders, godly leaders that follow him in power. And we will be supplied as a nation, as a world, but we have to put first the kingdom of God. We have to turn to build his house, his kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. We have to be about the father's business and advancing the kingdom of God. It can't just be about us and our own will. It has to be about God's will. And this is the hour that he's calling you to say, get to work. Let Haggai be a reminder. Get to work, church. Get to work, get to work, get to work, people of God. Get to work, faithful remnant. You need to be about the father's business because he's coming. He's coming for his bride. jesus is coming and we must be ready we must have that internal awakening that inner transformation to where we put on the garment of christ that we wear holiness that we wear righteousness that we actually wear the armor of god that it is a position that we are positioning ourselves to where we're always wearing the armor of God because our actions speak on our behalf, on behalf of the almighty God. When they look at us, they see Jesus. When they look at us, they see love. They see a savior, a merciful savior. That when they look to us, they see Jesus, the healer, the deliverer, the redeemer, that they see and feel the love of the almighty God, that they realize that they can walk in freedom. As long as they believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God that came, that died on the cross, that rose again and is seated in heavenly places to the right side of the Father. As long as they believe on Lord Jesus Christ, that he was fully manned, and, and, and, and fully God and died so that we could have abundant life. And he was raised from the dead and that he overcome, uh, uh, hell and that, that he, that, that, that he is everything that he is the restore, the redeemer. And through him, we have life. We, we are not under the condemnation of the law. We, we, that the veil has been torn apart. We're no longer separated. Once we've put on the garment of salvation and we say, Lord Jesus, I believe in you. Be Lord and Savior of my life. I surrender my will for yours. Lead me, guide me. I believe on you in my whole heart. And with this prayer, I know that I'm saved. I know that I'm a child of God. I know that I've entered into the kingdom of God. So now, Holy Spirit, I want you to work inside of me. I want you to change me from the inside out. Help me to have the heart of Christ, the mind of Christ, so that I can know what to do, that I can have that knowing I can be led by the Spirit of the Almighty God, that the Spirit of God that lives in me can help me lay down addiction, can help me Help me lay down the desires of the flesh that can get out of me selfishness, that can get out of me pride. I repent of all of it. I rebuke it all that's not of you. I just want the spirit of the Lord Jesus inside of me. I just want to be led by joy and peace and righteousness and holiness. And I want to live the life that you call me to live. I want to walk in kingdom purpose. I want to be in spiritual alignment. My God, the almighty God, I want to be in spiritual alignment. Help me to line up with what you have for me. Help me to come into alignment, to come out of the world and become aligned with the kingdom of God, to become aligned with the purpose that you have for me. Help me to walk in spiritual alignment. Help me, God. Help me, God. Help me, God, to be about your business. I don't want to be in rebellion. I don't want to be in disobedience. God, I call out to you. I cry out to you. Help me, God. And Father God, I pray for everybody listening, God. I pray that they are awakened, God. That they get to work for the kingdom of God. That they no longer follow the world or worry about the cares of the world. And that they stop building their house. That they stop building up their material possessions. that they stop building up things in this world that do not matter and that they focus on eternal things storing up wealth in heaven getting souls into the kingdom of god helping those that are addicted be delivered and set free empowering the lost the broken the marginalized the invisible Helping them to be seen. Helping this world and our youth to wake up to the identity that they have as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. That our youth can be empowered. That they can be delivered. That they can put on their identity of Christ. Their kingdom mentality. Their kingdom identity. And no matter what the world throws at them, they will be delivered. And no matter what the world throws at them, they will be protected. Because the Almighty God is with them. And the angel of the Lord is encamped about. And God, that is what I call for. I call for a spiritual awakening of the hearts of your people to their kingdom purpose, to the purpose of the kingdom of God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our precious Lord Jesus. I call that they are awakened, that their inner man is convicted, God, that they are convicted every time they step out and veer away from what you have for them. help them to come into alignment help them to have that holy conviction help them to be transformed help them to walk as ambassadors of the kingdom of life help them to walk in in the love and light of the lord jesus christ and it is that love that breaks the yoke of bondage off it is that love that sets free it is that love that delivers it is that love that restores it is that love that redeems it is that love that heals I pray that they know the healer. I pray that they know that Jesus, the Jesus that I know, the Jesus that I know, that the spirit of the almighty God that's working through me right now, delivering this message, this fiery message to you. I pray that they know that Jesus, that they get a fire in their bones and that they wake up and that they go out and preach the gospel with power and might and that they surrender and that they surrender, that they surrender to be led by you, God, in this hour. And not by the world and the cares of the world. Not from the cares of the world. Holy Spirit, I lift them up. I pray for them. I pray you strengthen them. I pray you heal them. I pray you meet them where they are. That you speak to them in their infirmary. That you heal them of their brokenness. of their judgment and help them, Father, to stop condemning themselves. Help them to forgive themselves and to step out as that righteous remnant that you've called them to be. As you awaken them in this hour, like Haggai awakened the people to be about the Father's business. Help them to awaken now. to be about the father's business. God bless you and God keep you and may his light shine upon you and may you get to work and remember Haggai and read it and understand it and let God speak to you through his word and let him awaken you to your kingdom purpose. May his peace be with you in this hour. And may you let go of the things that no longer serve you and step into all he's called you to be this season. And that's what he has for you today. Glory be to Jesus. Glory be to Jesus. Glory be to Jesus. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Watch over them, Jesus. Let the blood of Jesus cover them. Psalm ninety one prayers of protection. And your angels encamp about them and those they hold dear. God bless you.