THE SEED
“But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,” Acts 4:19 ESV
To model Jesus in our difficult situation simply means to stand for Christ in righteousness, doing the will of God that will project us as children of the living God. No one says difficult situations are easy, they come with temptations to boycott the way of God and choose the easy way of denying Christ. Our difficult situation might be marriage, childbearing, raising a difficult child, job search, sickness and many more. The good news is that God has solutions to all these, but He requires our patience and steadfastness to trust Him and confess His supremacy in them all. The Apostles of Jesus Christ experienced numerous difficult situations, but they never denied their faith. When Apostles Peter and John were arrested and instructed not to preach Jesus, they answered the council that they would do God’s will.
The women disciples did not fear the government when they visited the Lord’s tomb. Queen Easter, being aware of the King’s negative ruling against anyone that came to his presence without his permission, held up her faith in God to go in and was met with favour. We should strive to make God proud of us by standing for God in our difficult situations, nothing should make us flinch to deny Christ or to make us behave like unbelievers.
PRAYER
Lord, please give me the boldness to always stand up for you in my difficult situations. Amen
BIBLE READINGS: Acts 4:13-20
ṢÍṢE AFÁRÁ WE JÉSÙ NÍNÚ IDOJUKỌ TI O LE.
IRUGBIN NAA
“Sugbon Pétérù òun Johannu dahùn, nwọn sí wí fún wọn pé, bi o ba tó li ojú Olorun lati gbọ tiyin ju ti Olorun lọ, e gbàá ro.” Iṣẹ awọn Aposteli 4:19
Lati ṣe afarawe Kristi ninu idojukọ tí o le, jẹ diduro fún Kristi ninu òdodo, ṣiṣe ìfẹ Ọlọrun tí yíó fi wá hàn bi ọmọ Ọlọrun alààyè. Kò sí ẹni tí o sọ pé idojukọ rọrun, won wá pẹlú idanwo lati mu ni ko ọna Ọlọrun sílẹ; ki a sì yan ona tí o rọrun lati se Kristi. Idojukọ ti o le, le jẹ lori igbeyawo, ọmọ bíbí, ìṣòro lati tọ ọmọ, iṣẹ wíwà, àìsàn ati bẹẹ bẹẹ lọ.
Irohin ayọ ni pé Ọlọrun ní, ọnà abayọ fún àwọn oniruru nkán wọnyi. Sugbon o nilo lati ni suru ati imuduro ṣinṣin lati gbẹkẹle ati lati jewo agbara Rẹ ninu won. Awọn Aposteli Jesu Kristi ni ọpọ idojukọ ti o le ni asiko wọn; sugbọn wọn kò se ìgbàgbọ wọn nínú Kristi, nínú ọrọ ati ìse won. Peteru ati Johannu ti a kìlọ fún pé kí wọn má wàásù Jesu. Wọn sì dà awọn igbimọ lohun
pe awon yíó ṣe ìfẹ Olọrun.
Awọn obirin ti o jẹ ọmọ lẹhin Kristi kò bẹrù ohun tí ìjọba le ṣe, nigbati wọn lọ sí iboji Jesu lati fi ororo kùn ori ati ára Rẹ. Ayaba Esteri mọ àṣẹ ọba tí o lòdì fun eniti o ba wa siwaju ọba, lai jẹ pé, ọba ranṣẹ síi. Pẹlú ìgbàgbọ nínú Olọrun rẹ, o dúró láti wọlé tọ ọba o sí rí oju-rere dipo ikú. Ni ìran yi, a gbọdọ lakaka lati mu kí Ọlọrun fi wá yangan nipa diduro fún Ọlọrun ninu ìṣòro wà. Ko má, sí ohun tí o gbọdọ mu wa se Kristi tabi mu wá hùwa bí alaigbagbọ.
ADURA
Oluwa jọwọ fún mi ni ìgboyà tí yíó mu mí dúró fún Ọ ninu ìṣòro tí o le. Amin
BIBELI KIKA: Iṣẹ awọn Aposteli 4:13-20