THE SEED
“You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.” John 7:8 ESV
Amazingly, one would have thought that Jesus with all His authority and power would override timing, even though He has the power over everything, yet He recognised that there’s time for everything, even functions of powers and authorities function are time-bound. There are situations where one needs to walk in wisdom and obedience, instead of display of power and influence. As children of God, we need to understand when, where and how we should respond to situations. Even in situations where people come to us with their suggestive mode of advice that can make us work outside of God’s timing of events in our lives, just like it happened to the Lord Jesus. His brothers advised Him to show Himself to the world because of the signs and wonders they witnessed. But Jesus was walking in the wisdom of God and recognised that even though their advice was right, the timing was wrong. Any step taken outside of the right time could cause unfulfilled dreams, truncate great vision, dim a shiny glory and kill a great idea. We don’t need to seek self-recognition when it’s not the right time for us to be recognised nor is it good for us to follow after undue popularity when God is not ready to announce us. As children of God let us learn to walk inside of God’s timing in every area of our lives and it shall be well with us.
BIBLE READING: John 7:1-9
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I receive your Spirit to help me walk in the time of God rather than mine or others. Amen
JẸ́ KÍ A ṢỌ́NÀ NÍPA ÀKÓKÒ ÀTỌ̀RUNWÁ
IRUGBIN NAA
“Ẹ gòkè lọ síbi àjọ̀dún. Èmi kì yóò gòkè lọ sí àjọyọ̀ yìí, nítorí àkókò mi kò tí ì dé ní kíkún.” Jòhánù 7:8
O ni agbara lori ohun gbogbo, sibẹ O mọ pe akoko wa fun ohun gbogbo ati paapaa awọn agbara ati awọn alaṣẹ ṣiṣẹ ati pe a ṣe ilana laarin akoko. Awọn ipo wa ti eniyan nilo lati rin ni ọgbọn ati igboran dipo ifihan agbara ati ipa. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọmọ Ọlọ́run, a ní láti lóye ìgbà, ibo àti báwo ni a ṣe yẹ kí a ṣe sí àwọn ipò. Paapaa ni ipo kan nigbati awọn eniyan ba wa si wa pẹlu ọna imọran imọran wọn ti o le jẹ ki a ṣiṣẹ ni ita ti akoko Ọlọrun ti awọn iṣẹlẹ ninu igbesi aye wa, gẹgẹ bi o ti ṣẹlẹ si Jesu Oluwa. Awọn arakunrin rẹ̀ gbà a nimọ̀ràn lati fi ara rẹ̀ hàn fun araiye nitori àmi ati iṣẹ iyanu ti nwọn jẹri. Ṣùgbọ́n Jésù ń rìn nínú ọgbọ́n Ọlọ́run, ó sì mọ̀ pé bó tiẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ìmọ̀ràn wọn tọ́, àmọ́ àkókò náà kò tọ̀nà. Igbesẹ eyikeyi ti o gba ni ita ti akoko to tọ le fa awọn ala ti ko ni imuṣẹ, ge iran nla, dinku ogo didan ati pa imọran nla kan. A ko nilo lati wa idanimọ ara-ẹni nigbati ko to akoko fun wa lati jẹ idanimọ tabi ko dara fun wa lati tẹle lẹhin olokiki ti ko yẹ nigbati Ọlọrun ko ṣetan lati kede wa. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọmọ Ọlọ́run, ẹ jẹ́ kí a kọ́ láti máa rìn nínú àkókò Ọlọ́run ní gbogbo àgbègbè ìgbésí ayé wa, yóò sì dára fún wa.
BIBELI KIKA: Jòhánù 7:1-9
ADURA: Jésù Olúwa, mo gba Ẹ̀mí rẹ láti ràn mí lọ́wọ́ láti rìn ní àkókò Ọlọ́run díptèmi tàbí àwọn ẹlòmíràn. Amin