Heralds Digest

“My people will dwell in a peaceful habitation, In secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places...Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, Who send out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭32:18, 20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.32.18,20.nkjv Peaceful habitation looks great in serene habitats, where everyone in the environment are comfortable in a peaceful co-existence with one another. There would no need for suicide bombing, assassination, ethnic cleansing, murderous attacks, backbiting, slandering, and all forms of wickedness. Obviously, this kind of habitation is impossible under any humanly controlled security and policing system. Peaceful habitation is reserved as the significant promise of God’s millennium reign of the Lord Jesus Christ on earth. However, the scriptures talk of the blessedness of sowing beside all waters, and sending out freely the feet of the ox and the donkey. It is the construction of a peaceful palace in the heart and the exp...

“On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers, Yes, on all the happy homes in the joyous city...Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭32:13, 15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ http://bible.com/114/isa.32.13,15.nkjv Complacency is not borne out a lack of useful desire for fruitfulness, but it is the consequence of an undesirable celebration of fruitfulness. Fruitfulness in professional, ministry and family life is relative, as there is no such thing as absolute fruitlessness with all of God’s creation. However, a myopic assessment of personal achievement, especially when compared with contemporary performances, often breeds premature celebrations and wasteful complacency. Meanwhile, the scriptures say “To whom much is given, much is expected...”. The Giver of grace towards an inspired productive engagement is the only Assessor of human productivity in life. Therefore, the best ...