Heralds Digest

http://bible.us/psa24.7.nkjv Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Dominion of man over all the elements on earth is the original design of heaven before the fall of man. ‎Unfortunately, sin changes the course of things on earth. Then man will have to struggle to establish some sense of occupation within the space, original designed for his total dominion. Furthermore, man is deceived by his fake security system over the exterior of all of his possessions. Unlike the fake possession strategy, the Psalmist established the dominion of the Lord on all His creation by letting loose the fake security system. The invitation of the King of glory into our life, family and business affairs offers the benefits of a glorious possession.

http://bible.us/psa23.4.nkjv Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Those who are fortunate to have all their senses soundly working and unimpaired may be ignorant of the importance of a guiding rod. ‎For a sheep under the guidance of a Shepherd, physical soundness cannot guarantee profitable guidance, either to the path of green pasture, or away from every plot of great perdition. A stroke from the Shepherd's guiding rod is often hard on the flesh; but the understanding of its goodness is always the source of great comfort. Unfortunately, no sheep can appreciate the Lord's guiding rod, until the Lord is acknowledged as the Shepherd. ‎

http://bible.us/psa22.9.nkjv But You are He who took Me out of the womb; You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts. Confidence rides on the horse of faithful and truthful performances. If God's faithfulness and trust are objectively assessed, ‎the scorecards on the confidence of people in God are likely to vary disproportionately. Even among people of faith, the vote of confidence on the charisma of God is possible to produce some irregularities. However, as the experience and prophetic expressions of the Psalmist suggest, the Creator of life understands that no good and stable character is nurtured mostly with great and superlative charisma. The truth is that God's purpose for each of His creatures is often remote to all charisma - based assessment. Eventually, the Psalmist accepted the reliability of character - based assessment. Even in the wake of uncertain charisma, absolute confidence in God, based on His faithful and truthful character, offers a reliable assessmen...

http://bible.us/psa21.7.nkjv For the king trusts in the Lord, And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved. Character, the people say, shines out even in the dark. However, a change of character is a matter of the heart, requiring help from above. Good character is molded in man by the Potter, the Creator of heaven and the earth, who will be willing to shape out the best in every man that surrender self to Him. ‎While in the character-molding theatre of trials and tribulation, king David's status suffer in the hands of the enemies. However, his integrity and trust in the Lord remain unmoved. Although the withdrawal of material things moves the status of a man, stable character is guaranteed by the mercy of the Most High.

http://bible.us/psa20.6.nkjv Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven. With the saving strength of His right hand. Miscalculation of the appropriate response time for salvation from the troubles of life often lead to confusion in assessing the priority between strength and speed.‎ God promises answer to His children' call, without stating the response time. But this leaves many of God's children in the state of struggling with these promises. Even David doubted the saving strength of the Lord in the face of unrelenting trials and tribulation. Speedy salvation from troubles, without developing confidence in God's strength, was initially desirable. But God's response time, with confidence in His saving strength, was later preferred. Beyond the guaranty of salvation from troubles, God's response time is required for salvation within troubles.

http://bible.us/psa19.9.nkjv The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. The original design by God is the dominion of all of earth resources for the benefit of mankind. And consistent fellowship with the Maker of heaven and earth, through these resources, is desirable for uninterrupted utilization. Unfortunately, noice is introduced to distract man from consistent fellowship with the Lord. Noice pollution becomes a major strategy against effective concentration and useful reflection on desired management of resources. Instead of acknowledging the beauty of God in all the attractions of the world, the glory of man is projected, after a strategic noice modulation. Whereas, the fear of the Lord and submission to His sacred word represents the reliable filter against noice pollution.

http://bible.us/psa18.43.nkjv You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You have made me the head of the nations; A people I have not known shall serve me. The prize of leadership over people is almost equal to the pride of stewardship to God. ‎In fact, there is greater joy and satisfaction in service of stewardship compared to the serving of leadership. For a divinely-anointed leader, it is expected that the likes of King David will be spared from the mire of human management. The truth of the matter is that the reality surrounding true leadership is often far from its idealogy. Without prejudice to the many excellent principles of leadership management, a focus on stewardship to God during apparent mismanagement of leadership opportunity is proven to yield better results. Rather than buying the open frustration from people's disservice, David acknowledged God as the main source of strength with his personal stewardship to the Lord. The challenge in leadership over ...