The story of Malachi is found in the Book of Malachi.

Influential Men of the Bible: Malachi
The story of Malachi is found in the Book of Malachi.
Malachi, the final book of the Old Testament, is about the error of forgetting the love of God. When people forget God’s love, it affects their attitudes, home, and worship. With God’s love and loyalty in doubt, sacred commitments no longer remain sacred. God sent Malachi to stir up the people from their spiritual stupor and to exhort them to return to the living God. Malachi speaks to a lukewarm group of believers who returned from Babylonian exile only about 70 years ago. The people had lost excitement and had lost touch with their God. The priests of Malachi’s time were indifferent to the rules of worship, and the people themselves offered sacrifices to God without passion and concern. Malachi has a message of encouragement and correction for us today that sometime experience the same driftings.
Malachi’s message is no different than the burden carried by loving and passionate leaders faced with a seemingly indifferent, displeased, and disappointed following. When you’re waiting on God, the temptation is always present to lose hope. Sometimes we need to be reminded that God loves us! That’s important because His compassion is not without action. God doesn’t just love in word alone, “For God so loved the world that He gave…” (John 3:16). You may have to wait, but God’s gift will never disappoint you! The writer of Hebrews wrote by inspiration of the Spirit, “For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast” (Hebrews 6:10-12, 19 NKJV). Through Malachi’s exhortation let us reaffirm our hope and trust in God. That hope gives us confidence, the confidence and courage to persevere; and confidence in God always pays off!