Heralds Digest

  “ O God, thou art My God; early will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary .” Psalm 63 : 1 - 2 KJV Without grace and glory is disgrace and emptiness. This is always the soul’s story until God is found. Unfortunately, the search for satisfaction in life has always proffered material wealth, multiplicity of women, and manifestation of wisdom; but the end story has been nothing different from dryness and thirst. The reality on ground is that the provision of material things and the basic things of life can be the desirable sanctuary for the body, they cannot replace the innate portion for God in the soul of man.  God is the soul’s sanctuary and the only place for rest and satisfaction from dryness and thirst. By realizing God as the soul’s sanctuary, it is easier for anyone to understand why the decoration of the body’s sanctuary i...

“ I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.” John 10 : 14 - 15 , 17 - 18 KJV Life laying shows the greatest sacrifice of love, obviously different from the abuse of love with body laying. “ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son” …because of His voluntary response to the demand for life laying. And if life laying is simply love giving to the sheep, it is the only language for transformation of family and fellowship with love. Unfortunately, a thief has always been an agent of the enemy, whose mission is the use of body laying to scatter the sheep away from the fold of love. Whenever a gift is def...

“ Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work .” John 9 : 3 - 4 KJV Purposeful living is strictly marked by purposeful engagements. And no matter the circumstances of life or the challenges it brings, the story of purposeful living remains intact. Unfortunately, it is always easier for minds that lack purpose to get engaged in wasted works of blame game. Like the disciples of Jesus wondered if the parents of the man born blind were the chief executive officers of the man’s engagement in a wasted factory, people today send their resumes for employment in wrong places when they failed to recognize their purpose for existence. But by the time the works of God became manifested in the man that was born blind, he suddenly became the teacher of the scribes and the Pharisees: “ Now we know that God heareth not sinners...

  “ Thou wilt prolong the king's life: And his years as many generations. He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.” Psalm 61 : 6 - 7 KJV There is definitely no doubt that the unfortunate prolonged patronage of all agents of darkness is influenced by believers’ manipulation via M3DG (mightiness, deception, destruction, dishonesty, and greed). Whereas, M3DG’s offer of preservation is simply fraud. For example, after king David’s fall into adultery with Bathsheba, David employed the full arsenal of his M3DG tool; but he wasn’t preserved until his return to the King of kings and the Lord of lords for perfect preservation. Likewise, anyone who comes to God for preservation do not need the wielding of M3DG because of the profound fullness of the freshness of freedom in the presence of the Rock that is higher than the highest, mightier than the mightiest, bigger than the biggest, wiser than the wisest, and greater than the greatest. Those w...

 “ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life .” John 8 : 12 KJV Darkness is never made for or against the light, but light is made for the darkness. When Jesus says  ‘I am the light of the world’ , He is confirming to His disciples the power of the supposedly little light they carry against all intimidation by the darkness around them. More importantly, ‘I am the light of the world’ emphasizes the superiority of God’s light over the good, the ugly, and the bad. Oftentimes, believers are pressured to question the relevance of God’s promises in the midst of the challenges against their prospects and the calamity from problems. Then, He goes “ Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven”. When believers’ focus is on the efficacy of their little light, they cannot even begin to process the effrontery of ...

  “ When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more .” John 8 : 10 - 11 KJV The story of God’s mercy as related to the woman caught in adultery by the Pharisees speaks volume on the subject of condemnation. She escaped condemnation simply because Christ was with her, and not necessarily because she advanced the confession of her sin. As soon as her conviction appreciated the presence of Christ, she immediately experienced the mercy of God. “ And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more .” Unfortunately, many convicted sinners today struggled with Christless condemnation because of their pride and unwillingness to appreciate the presence of Christ. For example, when Samson painfully realized that God had left him, he failed to pray for the restoration of God’s pr...