This sermon names the limits of our obedience—clarifying what it can and cannot accomplish. Haggai 2:15–19 shows how much obedience matters in practical ways and how dramatically responding to God can change our lives. But verses 11–14 make it clear that obedience, while powerful, is not powerful enough to heal the deepest fracture we face. That problem requires something beyond our faithful action—it requires God’s gracious intervention.