Heralds Digest

  “ But You, O God the Lord, Deal with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me. ” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭109‬:‭21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Even when any man refuses to get the punishment he rightly deserves from his fellow man, he remains enslaved in his mind; and he may not be able to express his full freedom. Like a popular childhood story of a boy and his grandma’s chicken. The boy playfully, but accidentally, got the chicken killed with his slingshot, but got caught by his sister while burying the chicken secretly. Unfortunately, the sister took advantage of the boy’s offense and got him to do all her chores until the boy finally decided to confess his sin to Grandma. Surprisingly, the Grandma told him she had known the whole time, because she saw the accident right from the house window. Well, the moral lesson is that God knows in full detail the shortcomings of all of us; and only His mercy can set us totally free from the bondage of sin. Unfortunately, by concealing our shortcom...

  “ Do not remove the ancient landmark, Nor enter the fields of the fatherless; For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off. ” Proverbs‬ ‭23‬:‭10‬, ‭18‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ It is instructive that fruitlessness in the father’s fields can produce both a prodigal son and a lost son. While the latter stayed at home fruitlessly, the former strayed away fruitlessly. So, we can learn that fruitlessness in every believer’s occupation and engagements is merely a mindset of removing the ancient landmark or refuting the divinely assigned purpose for existence. And when we do, either as prodigal sons or lost sons, we have entered into the fields of the fatherless. Whereas, the father’s fields are filled with the resources for the fruitfulness of every redeemed child of God, though in diverse formats. We must maintain a close relationship with the Father and the revelations in His manual in order to know how to use the heavenly resources. Unfortunately, prodigal mindsets will always ...