Heralds Digest

  “The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles, And they go down into the inmost body.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭18:8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/pro.18.8.nkjv When the attraction of favour from men is driven by talebearing, the outcome is guaranteed to be something else other than satisfaction. A little bit of ‘cut-and-paste’ here and there is expected to produce the special privileges for advancement and promotion. Unfortunately, talebearers are less concerned about the impacts of their commitment on the expectation of others. And a short-sighted appetite for desserts before the serving of the main course brings separation of friends instead of the desirable satisfaction from food. Therefore, it is better to wait on the promises of God for the presentation of His privileges in life, career and ministry. Even when the cut-and-paste strategies of the world appear to be producing fancy results, the resultant damage to a promising good name and character is damnable and often irrepar...

  “Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭ 17:24 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/pro.17.24.nkjv Finding purpose in a world plagued with broken dreams, disaster, and disappointment requires more than academic intelligence and the display of scientific knowledge. And for every developing nation and people in a post-pandemic world, experience has shown that a sustainable economy cannot be built on an appetite ridden with corrupt fantasies and an importation of advanced technologies. Purpose is built on vision and not on fantasy, without which destruction is inevitable. Unfortunately, a house, people and nation composed of the importation of remote ideas are known for running big dreams on paper. However, being kept together for so long is not taken for granted by hearts awakened to the reality of life and the prospect of a sustainable development. Together, finding purpose for the home, society and na...

  “The silver-haired head is a crown of glory, If it is found in the way of righteousness.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭ 16:31 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/pro.16.31.nkjv Without prejudice to certain motivation to cover silver(grey)-haired head with dark dye,  there is often a misconception to the essence for human existence and the appreciable justification for long life. While grey hair suggests an extended life occupancy, many are not often proud about its lack of an esteemed life expectancy. To wear a grey hair with shame is to live with the concept of prosperity-driven life, instead of purpose-driven life. Whereas, the scriptures declare that right reigns means righteousness and not riches. Unfortunately, at home, workplaces, and in the society, men of good character, honesty and godly counsels are often disrespected by family members, work partners and fellow citizens. Actually, men that treat gains as godliness are mostly disqualified from wearing a silver-haired head and desti...

  “Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭ 16:18 ‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/114/pro.16.18.nkjv The simple difference between performance and appearance is that the former assessment suggests objectivity and sincerity, while the latter is mostly subjective and insincere. While an objective assessment of personal conducts is good, people are often reluctant to provide it and sacrifice their good working relationships. Unfortunately, improvement in social, life and work performances with ambitious appearance becomes almost impossible, especially when self-assessment becloud the sense of a sincere assessment. Pride prevents the mind from receiving instructions, warnings and sincere admonition. Whereas, a humble soul (and not haughty spirit) is easily entreated to find and follow the path of righteousness. Only the Spirit of the Lord searches the heart and reveals the state to those who trust in Him. But those who lean on their own understa...

  The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours forth evil. Proverbs 15:28 NKJV https://bible.com/bible/114/pro.15.28.NKJV The major discourse in all of family, business, social and career engagements invites the access of everyone. Also, life's performances are often measured by the speed of access. People are quick to reward those who talk faster than their thought-capacity can handle on most social handles or fora. Whereas, wisdom suggests that the righteous care more for a recess than for an access. A recess to study how to answer is actually an access into the presence of God. And it is a perfect metric for measuring the degree of deficiency towards foolishness in every man. Unfortunately, when a basket-mouth often gets famous for his parade of foolishness, what can the righteous do? Notwithstanding, a righteous recess remains a tree of life; while the travesty of evil has no hold on those who care more for the presence of God in their...

By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom. Proverbs 13:10 NKJV https://bible.com/bible/114/pro.13.10.NKJV Working with people is absolutely easy with a complete ignoramus. But managing people, who takes pride in promoting their sense of ideas and an appreciable knowledge of a system workings, is difficult. Notwithstanding, human administration thrives better when leadership is powered by a committee -based approach; where a collection of ideas, suggestions and feedbacks is resourceful for a smooth working of any system that is driven by the contributions from human personnel. Unfortunately, a proud heart is somewhat deceived; and it serves an ill-fortuned system as a loner and strife-pusher. And when a system is grounded in strife, productivity goes down and the general fellowship suffers considerably. Whereas, a fruitful leader often swallow his pride and sensitive to the diverse advice from the people for the general good of the system. This is simply...

 “Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.” Proverbs 6:25 NKJV https://www.bible.com/114/pro.6.25.nkjv Loneliness is unhealthy. And a loose search for good acquaintance for a lonely heart is healthy, but the search is not sufficient to keep the heart away from trouble. This is because a wicked choice for acquaintance can definitely destroy faster and fatally damage than loneliness. Unfortunately, hasty hearts select long term partners on the basis of transient beauty and worldly allurement. And as soon as the fake beauty comes home to roast, lust is severely punished instead of loneliness. Whereas, genuine and true love for God and His purpose in life prevents the heart from entertaining the lust of fake beauty and worldly allurement. Anyone who cannot solemnly love the beauty of God in the heart MUST lust after or get carried away by the flash in worldly beauties. Hasty hearts can get by worldly amusement with little or no commitme...