Heralds Digest

  “ Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?” John 18 : 10 - 11 KJV By “ the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? ”, Jesus teaches Simon Peter and all His disciples to be careful of the tendencies to cut divinely assigned cups for the fulfillment of purpose in life. Calvary or crucifixion is the cup ordained as the plan of redemption,  and it wasn’t up for cut in Christ’s consideration and submission to the will of the Father. And like the prayerless Simon Peter was unprepared spiritually for the moment, Christians are readily manipulated by their emotions in their moments of social, physical, and financial vulnerability to cut the cup, instead of cutting the cult of confederacies against the counsels of God. For example, the war of words o...

  “ O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: Even Sinai itself was moved At the presence of God, the God of Israel. ” Psalm 68 : 7 - 8   The reason why we often consider wilderness experience as a mess march is that we are fixated on our plights and the challenges of dryness. Whereas,  “ O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, When thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah “ teaches the awakening of the soul to the manifestation of God in the wilderness of life. For example, the over 11 years wilderness experience of David, while awaiting the physical  manifestation of his anointing as the king of Israel, produces the development of skills, the revelation of divine strength for war intelligence, human capacity and empowerment strategies, etc..all in a show of God’s mercy march. And when the psalmist says “ The earth shook, the h...