THE SEED
“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.” Ecclesiastes. 4: 9(KJV).
The opening Bible verse is a profound truth of the marriage union ordained by God. Also for people who married wrongly and are divorced or separated, it is not easy to be alone, and it is not the will of God for us to live a lonely life but due to our impatience and other situations of life, we find ourselves in such situations but the Lord is faithful and a great help in the time of trouble. He is the only one that can mend a broken pitcher. He is the great Potter and He can mend all things if we trust Him with our situation. The word goes further to say that when one of them is being attacked, the two will come out and win, they are likened to a threefold cord that is not quickly broken, God being the third and strongest cord of the union. Our God is Wonderful. In Genesis 24: 1 – 6, Abraham commands Isaac not to marry a Canaanite. His servant is sent to find a wife for Isaac. It was the Lord who guided Abraham’s servant in choosing Rebekah as a wife for Isaac and, at the end of the day, Rebekah was blessed to be the mother of thousands of millions. It is good and beneficial for us and God’s kingdom to emulate Abraham by encouraging our children to wait on God for their spouses and our youths to also emulate Isacc who took a godly counsel from his father to marry according to God’s will.
BIBLE READINGS: Genesis. 24: 10 – 16
PRAYER: Oh God of Abraham and Isaac, do not allow your children seeking your face for a good partner to go wrong. Amen.
ẸNI MÉJÌ SAN JÙ ẸNÌKAN
IRUGBIN NAA
“Eni meji sàn jù ẹnikan: nítorí wọ́n ni ère rere fun làálàá wọ́n.” Oniwaasu 4:9
Ẹsẹ Bíbélì tí ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ jẹ́ òtítọ́ jíjinlẹ̀ ti ìrẹ́pọ̀ Ìgbéyàwó tí Ọlọ́run yàn. Paapaa fun awọn eniyan ti wọn gbeyawo ti ko bá ìlànà Ọlọ́run mu, tabi wọn ti kọ ara wọn silẹ tabi ti wọn pinya. Kò rọrun lati da wa nikan, ati pe kii ṣe ifẹ Ọlọrun fun wa lati da wa, ṣùgbọ́n nítorí ai kò le ni sùúrù wa, ati ninu iru awọn ipo miran ti a ba ara w Ṣùgbọ́n Oluwa jẹ olotitọ ati iranlọwọ nla ni akoko ipọnju. Oun nikan ni o le tún ìkòkò tí o fọ ṣe. Oun jẹ amọkoko nla ati pe Oun le tun ohun gbogbo ti o bajẹ ṣe ti a ba gbẹkẹlee ninu ipo ti a bá ba ara wa. Ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run tun sọ pe nigba ti wọ́n ba kọlù ọkan ninu wọ́n, àwọn mejeeji yoo jade, wọ́n yíò si bori, wọ́n o fi wọ́n we okùn onikọ mẹ́ta ti a ko tete ja, Ọlọ́run ni Ẹ̀kẹta ati okun ìṣọ̀kan to lagbara julo. Iyanu ni Ọlọ́run wa. Jẹ́nẹ́sísì 24:1-6 – Ábráhámù pàṣẹ fún Ísákì pé kí ó má ṣe fẹ́ ará Kénánì. Wọ́n rán ìránṣẹ́ rẹ̀ láti wá aya fún Ísákì. Olúwa ni o ṣé amọna fún ìránṣẹ́ Ábúráhámù làti wa Rèbékà gẹgẹbi àyà fún Ísákì, ní òpin ọjọ́ ni a bùkún fún Rèbékà láti jẹ́ ìyá ẹgbẹẹgbẹ̀rún mílíọ̀nù. Ó dára, ó sì ṣàǹfààní fún àwa àti ìjọba Ọlọ́run láti tẹ̀ lé Ábúráhámù nípa gbígbà àwọn ọmọ wa níyànjú láti dúró de Ọlọ́run fún àwọn ọkọ tàbí aya wọn àti àwọn ọdọ́ wa láti fara wé Ísákì ẹni tí ó gba ìmọ̀ràn íwà-bí-Ọlọ́run lọ́dọ̀ baba rẹ̀ láti gbéyàwó gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìfẹ́ Ọlọ́run.
BIBELI KIKA: Jẹnẹsisi 24:10-16
ADURA: Ọlọrun Abraham ati Isaaki, maṣe jẹ ki awọn ọmọ Rẹ ti n wa oju Rẹ fun aya àti ọkọ rere ki o ṣe aṣiṣe, ṣugbọn ran wọn lọwọ gẹgẹ bi iwọ ti ran Isaaki lọwọ ni orukọ Jesu. Amin.