How can we know our faithfulness isn’t futile?

Outline: Obedience is never futile because...

1. God works through it (vv. 4-5)

2. God never fails (vv. 6-8)

3. God uses it to great ends (v. 9)

Questions for Personal Reflection:

1. The Pastor shared the impact of his grandma’s faithfulness through her days of small things. Who is someone whose routine obedience has impacted you significantly?

2. Where are you feeling in the “days of small things?” What is hardest for you about them?

3. Read Matthew 10:42 – How is God’s perspective different toward our uneventful obedience? How can you use this verse to encourage you specifically in your days of small things?

4. Why is knowing God’s sovereignty so important for giving us confidence and resolve in our day-to-day obedience?

5. Haggai teaches that God is sovereign because He is the one who (1) acts when He wants and (2) does all He wants. In the days of small things which do you struggle trusting more: God’s timing or God’s doing? What can you do to grow in faith in this area?

6. Read Ephesians 2:17 -22. How might this passage suggest the greater fulfillment of God’s promise in Haggai 2:9? How can this truth motivate us in the daily task of making disciples?