Heralds Digest

  “Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; Walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these God will bring you into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, And put away evil from your flesh, For childhood and youth are vanity.” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭11:9-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://bible.com/114/ecc.11.9-10.nkjv The major challenge of the licence as a free moral agent is the balance of the freedom to enjoy and the fear of examination. Freedom to enjoy without fear of examination creates recklessness. Although recklessness appears enjoyable to irresponsible child, parent, leader, and student at the start, it surely brings shame and disgrace at the end to those who indulge in it. When God says enjoy your licence as a free moral agent responsibly, He expects the conscious understanding that there is no true enjoyment without righteousness. Likewise, fear of examination without freedom to enjoy...

  “He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap.” ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭11:4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/ecc.11.4.nkjv The principle of sowing and reaping is naturally a good investment story, until a full disclosure of the level of risk involved is obtained. High risk investors are hard to find, especially when the heart is trained to pay attention to details. Particularly, in a land full of giants in criminality and buoyant in insecurity, people are often careful and reserved to calls for investment of love and expression of generosity.  But then, the scriptures admonished craving for a singlehearted mind: “He who observes the wind will not sow, And he who regards the clouds will not reap”. A singlehearted sower must derive pleasure in sowing for the good in the act, irrespective of the open revelation of the risk involved. When the gain attached to the act of sowing is remote, the good in the act of sowing is just sufficient for those...