Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with deepening awareness:

“Then Haggai, the LORD’S messenger…
(Haggai 1:13)

O Jesus.

How did it make this man feel to be designated:

“the LORD’S messenger”?

After all, he was just a man –

subject to the same weaknesses any other person faces.

Was he filled with wonder when You gave him a message for Your people?
Did he humbly think to himself –

“Why me?!
I’m no better than my brothers – probably worse!”

Or when You sent him to some high-ranking official
did he sometimes wrestle with pride, as Satan slyly whispered –

“Look at you! That big shot was actually afraid of you!”

Were there other days when he was the one gripped with fear –

knowing the message You had given him would be so hated
that the people might decide to kill the messenger?

But I don’t have to wonder what it was like, do I?

Because I…

am Your messenger.

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Matthew 28:19-20; John 13:13-17; Acts 5:20; Acts 5:42; Acts 11:20; Acts 14:15; Romans 10:14-17; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21; Galatians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:6-10; 2 Thessalonians 3:1; 2 Timothy 4:14-17; Hebrews 4:1-2; 1 Peter 2:5-8; 1 John 1:5; 1 John 3:11

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.