Heralds Digest

  “ If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small .” Proverbs 24 : 10 NKJV There is no doubt in the sourness of adversity, but the perspective is always personal; and it cannot be generalized for everyone involved in the season of adversity. In one perspective, the season of adversity is all about outward focus on testimony terminators. This outward-focused perspective breeds nothing less than bitterness, anger, discouragement and discontentment. Whereas, when the scriptures say “ If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small ”, it admonishes an inward-focused perspective on the season of adversity. Here, the focus around all the prevailing circumstances of life is centered about the building of the working strength for the race. For example, Joseph needed the services of his testimony testers, including (1) the pit from his envious brothers, (2) the placement in Potiphar’s house by the greedy Ismaelites, and (3) the sentencing into prison by the lo...

  “ A wise man is strong, Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength; If you faint in the day of adversity, Your strength is small. So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul; If you have found it, there is a prospect, And your hope will not be cut off .” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭24‬:‭5‬, ‭10‬, ‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Without prejudice to the benefits of physical exercises, physical and material strength is never a match to real life challenges and emotional disturbances. The day of adversity is a typical day of reckoning, when the limitation of every man’s pride and reliance on human achievements stirs him in the face. No matter how physically, socially, financially, and materially endowed, we are all restricted in life by this ‘small strength ’ phenomenon. Unfortunately, this reality often makes many people and our world elites put their trust in strange spiritual covenants with cults and covens. But power always passes power; and there is never ever a match to the power of righteousness through ...