Heralds Digest

  “ That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and hear me. Through God we will do valiantly, For it is He who shall tread down our enemies .” Psalms‬ ‭108‬:‭6‬, ‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ When the psalmist prayed to God to “ Save with Your right hand, and hear me ”, it doesn’t suggest the existence of God’s possible choice of salvation with His wrong or left hand. It does speaks of the psalmist’s determination to absolutely depend on God’s salvation; and his refusal to adopt the alternative suggestions of human assistance. In fact, he later submitted the basis of his conviction in his prayer point with “ Give us help from trouble, For the help of man is useless ” (Psalms‬ ‭108‬:‭12‬). Truly, true help, even while it mostly comes through man, is always from God. Otherwise, it becomes a deceitful dragnet into the den of lions. The psalmist had several offers of these deceitful dragnets from king Saul and many of his associates while in the wilderness. But then, he was so convi...

  “ For Your mercy is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭108‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ It is easier for the heart of man to meditate on the Lord’s ownership of the world, especially when it desires the earth’s riches and goodness. Any complacent heart would readily enjoy the current status of riches and goodness; while praying for its expansion. But the story changes in the season of captivity, dungeon, and pain. And for the sudden desire for deliverance, the sources of the human needs for mercy and truth grow with the level of his anxiety. Unfortunately, mercies from these deceitful deliverers have always succeeded in derailing the righteous from the path of true deliverance. Whereas in reality, their offers of mercy are filled with messes; and their rewards of fame and riches are stuffed with restlessness. Little wonder that the psalmist, while comparing the attributes of the d...