Heralds Digest

“But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭22:33-34‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.22.33-34.nkjv It is not all who backtracked on their promises and commitment in life that can be accused of insincerity. For example, Peter was simply sincere about his readiness to go with Jesus both to prison and to death; but his readiness was simply unreliable. Following through a sincere commitment to good life, relationships, and service to humanity is not entirely up to the person making the commitment. Just as in the case of Peter, almost all events in human life, career, family and ministry are subject to the scriptural declaration “Satan has asked of you, that he may shift you as wheat”. Unfortunately, heads rolled, fortunes are destroyed, and great ambitions are evacuated when no one is willing to stand in the ...

“But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves...that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭22:26, 30‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/luk.22.26,30.nkjv Many are very clear about the fact that the bane of development in most developing systems of the world is the misconception about the purpose of leadership. When leadership position is conceived as an opportunity to sit rather serve, a misplacement of priority, leading to the accumulation of privileges rather than the development of the system, cannot be mistaken. When the disciples of Jesus Christ should have been concerned about the anticipated vacuum in leadership if truly he gets betrayed and arrested, they strangely became disturbed by the vanity from leadership. Surely, there are privileges attached to leadership positions; but these privileges are provided to en...