Heralds Digest

  “Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭30‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ When people generally say favour ain’t fair, they are generally misinterpreting favour from men as the favour from God. Although God uses men for distribution of favours, the supposed favours from men are not sustainable without divine supports. Unfortunately, many privileged people with favour have turned their backs on God in pursuit of prosperity, position, and privileges from men. Little wonder, this weak standing of favour crashes easily with a little breeze of change in the economic, political, and social landscape. For example, the psalmist learnt the strong standing favour from God through different experiences of life (i.e., either in the palace with foes or in the wilderness with friends, the Lord remained the source of his favour). And through it all, he was able to build a legacy for the glory of God; and then testify about the Lord’s sustain...

http://bible.us/psa30.3.nkjv O Lord, You brought my soul up from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. Joy in the morning is not full and free without a moment of weeping in the night. As evident from the Psalmist's dedication ceremony after the completion of the king's palace, no celebration is sweet‎ without a clear record of wilderness experience. Grave experiences kill dreams and aspirations for breakthrough in life, while man remains as walking corpse passing through life without purpose. David was kept alive, even after prophesying his personal defeat and death by the enemy, in one of his moments of grave. Although the the enemy's concept of grave is a transition to the pit, the Lord's concept of grave is actually a transition to the palace.