Heralds Digest

  “ You are my portion, O Lord; I have said that I would keep Your words. I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word.” Psalms 119 : 57 - 58 NKJV By reflecting on the downplay of strategy in the words of General Norman Schwarzkopf (the commander of the coalition forces of the Gulf War of 1991) on leadership, that “ Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy “, it becomes easier in retrospect to relate with the frustration of the princes in Jerusalem about Jeremiah’s devotion to the words of the Lord: “ Therefore the princes said to the king, “Please, let this man be put to death, for thus he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but their harm (Jeremiah 38 : 4 )””. Despite the fact that Jeremiah was heavily persecuted for sa...

  “I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments. I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.” Psalms 119 : 60 , 63 NKJV If collaboration and companionship do readily prioritize obedience to the pure precepts of the Lord above material and physical prosperity, there would be no reason for concern. But no, the weapons of believer’s warfare have never been carnal for those who are committed to keeping the divine commandments and the pure precepts. It hasn’t been enough to just know these commandments and precepts. The knowledge of the pure precepts must be accomplished by personal responsibility towards sincere obedience. For the psalmist, the personal responsibility says “ I made haste, and did not delay ”. Obedience to the pure precepts requires the following weapons of believers warfare: (1) Wisdom of God - Proverbs 1:7, (2) Examination by the Spirit - 2  Corinthians 13:5, (3) Attentiveness to Divine Revelation - Habakkuk 2:19-20, ...