Haggai delivers his second message to the people, and it is a message of God's encouragement and His encouragement id for them to persevere in the work of the temple. What we see here is that God's sovereignty brings encouragement to discouraged people.

We must refuse to put our desires above God's house. The Minor Prophets commentary puts it like this “In short, Haggai is saying, ‘Give God the supreme place in your life.’” and Jesus said to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you (Mt. 6:33) That is why I titled this first message build God's house first.