THE SEED
“These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught:” Isaiah 29:13
God’s people are going through the motions of religion. They are doing what they are supposed to do, such as give tithes to the priests and seek forgiveness for their sins, but in their religious acts, they are not loving God. Their heart is far from God. In the Bible, the heart is the control-centre of our affections. From our heart flows love, desire, fondness, cravings, and passion. God’s greatest qualification wasn’t intelligence, skills or abilities, or appearance, but a person after God’s heart. We’re not talking about just any passion or desire, but a passion or desire God has placed on your heart. Just because you have a passion for something doesn’t necessarily mean it comes from God’s heart. As children of God we need to have a heart for God. We need to search our hearts and put ourselves in the place where our hearts break for the things that break the heart of God. Bottom line, if we have an open heart, and a believing heart, then we will have a broken heart for the things that break the heart of God. To zero in on whether our passion is coming from us or God, we must ask ourselves, will this passion meet your need alone or something else’s that originate from God.
BIBLE READING: Isaiah 29
PRAYER: Help me Lord to hunger for righteousness and holiness all the days of my life Amen
OKAN FUN OLORUN
IRUGBIN NAA
“Awọn ẹniyan wọnyi fi ẹnu wọn sunmọ mi, nwọn si fi ète wọn bu ọla fun mi, ṣugbọn ọkàn wọn jìna si mi. Ìjọsìn wọn sí mi dá lórí ìlànà ènìyàn lásán ni a ti ko wọn:” Isaiah 29:13
Àwọn èèyàn Ọlorun ń rin ni Ilana esin. Won ń ṣe ohun tó yẹ kí won ṣe, irú bíi fífún àwọn àlùfáà ní ìdámewàá, kí won sì máa tọrọ ìdáríjì eṣe wọn, àmo nínú iṣe ìsìn wọn, wọn ò nífe Ọlorun. Ọkàn wọn jìnnà sí Ọlorun. Nínú Bíbélì, ọkàn ni ibùdó ìdarí ìfe eni wa. Láti inú ọkàn wa ni ìfe ti n san. Amuye ti Ọlọrun ti o gaju lo kii ṣe ọgbọn ori tabi agbara, tabi irisi, bikose eni bi okan Ọlọrun. A ko sọrọ nipa itara lasan tàbí ife okan biko se itara tàbí ife ti Ọlọrun ninu Okan re. Nitoripe o ni itara fun ohun kan ko tumọ si pe o wa lati ọkan Ọlọrun. Gẹgẹbi ọmọ Ọlọrun a nilo lati ni ọkan Ọlorun. A nilo lati wa ọkan wa ki a si fi ara wa si ibi ti ọkan Ọlorun. Ti a ba ni ọkan ti o ṣi silẹ, ati ọkan onigbagbọ, nigbana ni Okan wa yio korira oun ti o ba Okan Ọlorun je. Lati mo boya ife wa je ti Ọlorun tabi fun Ara wa, a gbọdọ beere lọwọ ara wa wipe, Njẹ ife yii je fun ti Ara mi nikan soso tàbí lati ọdọ Ọlọrun.
BIBELI KIKA: Aísáyà 29
ADURA: Ran mi lowo Oluwa ki ebi ododo ati iwa mimo le maa pami ni gbogbo ojo aye mi Amin