6:1-7:28
- God’s work makes good progress when God’s people receive strength
from God’s Word. Haggai and Zechariah were faithful in preaching God’s
Word to the people. Their preaching ministry was very important. It was
just what the builders needed. It inspired them to keep working. God’s
House was rebuilt and God’s people rejoiced (6:14-16). The rebuilding
of God’s House was followed by the ministry of God’s servant, Ezra.
‘The hand of the Lord was upon Ezra’ (7:6,28). His ministry was blessed
by the Lord. In Ezra’s ministry of the Word, there are three vital
elements - studying, doing and teaching (7:10). Ezra did not only study
and teach God’s Word. He did God’s Word. Obedience lies at the heart of
true ministry. This is the kind of ministry that God blesses - an
obedient ministry.
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