Heralds Digest

  “ The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, If it is found in the way of righteousness. The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the Lord.” Proverbs 16 : 31 , 33 NKJV While everyone knows that decision determines destiny, the lap of life’s decision making is ruled by complex phenomena like experience, exposures, and externalities. It implies that even the multitude of silver-haired heads of counsels do not guarantee safety, if they are not completely influenced by the spirit of grace and righteousness. Unfortunately, the lap of many counsellors and advisers in our world is influenced by self-interest, and powered by position-seeking and prosperity-grabbing…alluding to the reasons why their words of counsel bring deaths instead of life. And rather than relying on uncertain wisdom from the lap’s lot, the righteous often ply on the meek way and will always take every decision from the Lord. While casting the lap’s lot is synonymous to taking risk, the Lord’s ...

  “ Now therefore, O Lord our God, I pray, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord God, You alone.” Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard .’” II Kings 19 : 19 - 20 NKJV Since the advent of the depravity of sin, the redemption plan of God has been focussed on healing the consequent leaving of human fellowship with God. Even after the final sacrifice for the redemption of man and the receipt of the saving grace by the redeemed is effected, a change from leaving to cleaving hasn’t really experienced the total freedom from distraction. Therefore, prayer and intercession is one of heaven’s provisions for the believers’ experience of a clean cleave. For example, in king Hezekiah’s prayer and intercession to God on behalf of  the nation Isreal, he essentially prayed for the promotion of the people’s c...