Haggai and Philippians

In connection with this little book of Haggai, I was thinking of the 2nd of Philippians. The Apostle could write the Philippians about Timothy, "All seek their own, and not the things which are Jesus Christ's." Also verses 19 and 20: "But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.”
Matters had grown worse; not only did they seek their own, but had forsaken their own leaders and teachers, the ones who had brought them to Christ. Turn over to 2 Tim. 1:15-18:
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me.... The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: but, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
I believe it does not matter how few there are; the twos and threes are not to be despised, are not to be ashamed of, no more than Onesiphorus was ashamed of the Apostle's chain. If the Lord is there, I want to be there too.
Suppose you knew that in this city, on Lord's Day at 11 o'clock, the Lord was going to be visibly present in a certain place. What would you do? I would let everything else on earth go, and be there at any cost. Surely any true-hearted Christian would answer the same thing. The Lord is there, only we do not look at Him with these eyes; we see Him with the eye of faith. May we have the eye turned more than ever on that blessed Jehovahshammah—the Lord is there.
In Gen. 22 the Lord makes Himself known to Abraham as Jehovah-jireh—the Lord will provide; in Ex. 15:26, we find the Lord the Healer, and in Psa. 23, the Restorer of our souls. In the battle with Amalek we have him in Ex. 17 as Jehovah-nissi—the Lord my banner, and His banner over us is love. May we inscribe on that banner in golden letters, "God is love." Many times we have come off the worse in the fight, but may we remember Jehovah-nissi is there.
In Judg. 6:24, we find Jehovah-shalom-the Lord send peace. "The very God of peace sanctify you wholly." 1 Thess. 5:23. In these dark days, when everywhere we look there is trouble and unrest, what we need is Jehovah-shalom. And in Jer. 23:6 we have Jehovah-tsidkenu—the Lord our righteousness. We have none of our own, all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.
A mere boy used the name of Jehovah-sabbaoth—the Lord of hosts. David said to Goliath, "Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts"-Jehovah-sabbaoth. The expression "Lord of hosts" is found some 80 tithes in Jeremiah. Everything is gone and he clings to Jehovah-sabbaoth. Haggai uses it 14 times; Zechariah, 50 times; Malachi, 25 times, and the Psalms, 80 times. The prophets at the end turned not to things around; all was gone, but they turned to Jehovah-sabbaoth—the Lord of hosts.