Heralds Digest

  “ then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment” II Peter 2 : 9 NKJV It is always disturbing that human beings are mostly ruled by the deceitful designs of fellow men rather than the delightful design of God. There are numerous people who were destroyed by the deceitful designs of Pharaoh’s invincibility in the Red Sea and the divers plagues. Needless to mention the collateral damages of Nebuchadnezzar’s deceitful designs, and many like minds. Whenever believers experience delay in either the deliverance of the righteous or the destruction of the wicked, we are often tempted to doubt the delightful design of the Most High God. The truth is simply that only “ the Lord knows how to deliver… ” because deliverance of His creations is always the Lord’s delightful design. Those who would eventually fall under the mighty hand of God’s judgment will definitely acknowledge the Lord’s delightful design...

  “ then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment ,” ‭‭II Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Whenever man runs out of all his self-help options, he is usually presented as a vulnerable tool of manipulation in the hands of the enemies of God. From time immemorial, man idolizes and worships any open source of deliverance. Likewise, man would readily bow down and worship the golden image of anyone who would threaten his prevailing breeze of deliverance. Invariably, Shedrach, Messach, and Abednego were uncommon men in the land of Babylon in the days of king Nebuchadnezzar, with uncommon faith in God’s delightful deliverance. And like Joshua and Caleb of old, these men knew the difference between the deceptive deliverance of this world and the delightful deliverance from the Lord. It is always true that, while we can run out on the strategy to escape the trap set by the enemies against our progress and prosperity i...