Heralds Digest

  “ Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: ” Hebrews 10 : 35 - 36 NKJV Political interest, professional ambition and institutional affiliation are usually functions of confidence casting. Unfortunately, most people would readily throw away their trust in God, the pursuit of righteousness and defence of the truth to service their confidence casting in the will of fellow men, principalities, and godfathers. Why? Truth be told, confidence casting in God always comes with unpleasant endurance and perseverance of pain and oppression. Therefore, when the inspired writer to the Hebrews says “ Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward “, he knows that the major challenge to confidence casting in God is the enduring grace to wait for the promised great reward. And apart from doubting God, the dilemma of confidence casting includes...

  “ And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” Hebrews 10 : 24 - 25 NKJV Fellowship or collaboration sometimes does suck, rather than stir sincere interest. Forsake, this always seems like a quick fix. Those who forsake the assembly of collaborators with diverse interests on the altar of irreconcilable differences often prefer the ease of staying out of troubles, rather than sticking out their necks to the prospects of finding solution to troubles. Whereas, genuine fellowship or authentic collaboration is divinely inspired for the greater good of humanity. And being inspired by the omnipotent God, little wonders that every intense interest in genuine fellowship or authentic collaboration has the ability to stir up love and good works. Be it in marriage relationships, communal fellowship, proje...

"Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward." (Hebrews 10:35 NKJV) Confidence in the God of heaven, when on the mountains of life's circumstances, is easy. The only challenge lies with the scarcity of companions in the valley of despondency, discouragement, and despair. Confidence in the promises of God is lonely and difficult to sustain, without a visible substance of rescue from persistent problems. However, faith closes the gap between the promises of heaven and the problems on earth, irrespective of the varieties in human experiences on the field of life. The reward of an enduring confidence in God's promises is greater than the undeniable rescue from problems.