Heralds Digest

  “ Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. By me kings reign, And princes decree justice .” Proverbs 8 : 14 - 15 KJV Knowledge is power. And since its advances in these last days are phenomenal, everyone can feel the power, prowess, and preponderance of human schemes, intelligence, and creativity. Unfortunately the difference between wisdom and knowledge is always clear. While the revelation of knowledge is horizontal, the unveiling of wisdom is vertical. Crudely, it is permissible to say that while knowledge provides simple strength, wisdom gives sound strength. Yes, simple strength comes from the place of figures and numbers. That’s why those who pride in their material intelligence, political sagacity, and social networking are limited by the best of what their brains can proffer, including the manifestation of wickedness, envy, and bitterness. Whereas, sound strength comes from the Creator of heaven and the earth. At the limits, leaps and bond...

  “ Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.”  Numbers 24 : 11 KJV Up until this point, the response of Balaam to Balak’s great honour was delightful to the LORD. But the end of Balaam showed how difficult and sincerely impossible it is for canal minds to resist great honours from the system of this world. After all, the essence of life’s activities in career, business, ministry, and family is the achievement of great honours; and who does desire company with failures? Balaam must have pondered so much on Balak’s offer of great honour to the extent of reneging on “ If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? (Numbers 24 : 13 )”. Obviously, the enemy of Baaam’s soul knew that he couldn’t keep his eyes away from Balak’s great honour, so he...