FAINT, YET PURSUING
THE SEED
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.” Judges 8:4 (KJV)
Gideon had a job to do, and along with his three hundred men, he was not going to stop till it was completed. Be a ‘Completer’, Be someone who stays with the task at hand till it is finished. The Holy Spirit recently commended an elder of our branch for how she persisted in carrying out an instruction He gave her two weeks before. It was not convenient; it disrupted her plans and ruined her schedule for that day. But she made sure she completed the task before going home. And God pronounced a blessing upon her. Will you be that person who fully obeys the instructions of God? Or will you allow situations, and circumstances to determine how far you will go? Will you put your comfort and convenience before the commandment of the Lord? Gideon and his men were tired and hungry. But they chose not to stop because the job was not yet done. If you will persist, regardless of how you feel, and regardless of the situation; God will back you up. If you determine in your heart that you will do what God asked you to do, the way He asked you to do it; you cannot miss His blessing. And what is more, you will be transformed. You will become the sort of person that gets the job done. The sort of person God can trust and bestow honour and responsibility unto.
BIBLE READING: Judges 8
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, help me when I am weak and tired, to remember not to give up, in Jesus name. Amen.
ÌRÈWÈSÌ, SÍBÈ Ó N LÉPA
IRUGBIN NAA
Gideoni si wá si Jordani, o si rekọja, on, ati awọn ọdunrun ọkunrin ti o wà pẹlu rẹ̀, o rẹ̀wẹsi, sibẹ wọn nlepa wọn. Onídájọ́ 8:4
Gídíónì ní iṣẹ́ kan láti ṣe, àti pẹ̀lú àwọn ọ̀ọ́dúnrún ọkùnrin rẹ̀, kò ní dáwọ́ dúró títí di ìgbà tí ó parí. Jẹ ‘lùparí’! Jẹ ẹnikan ti o duro pẹlu iṣẹ ti o wa ni ọwọ titi yoo fi pari. Ẹ̀mí mímọ́ gbóríyìn fún alàgbà kan ní ẹ̀ka ọ́fíìsì wa láìpẹ́ fún bó ṣe tẹra mọ́ ìtọ́ni tó fún un lọ́sẹ̀ méjì ṣáájú. Ko rọrun; ó ba ètò rẹ̀ jẹ́, ó sì ba ìtòlẹ́sẹẹsẹ rẹ̀ jẹ́ fún ọjọ́ yẹn. Ṣugbọn o rii daju pe o pari iṣẹ naa ṣaaju ki o to lọ si ile. Ọlọrun si súre fun u.n jé oó jé eni tí o pa ofin olorun gbogbo mó? Tabi iwọ yoo gba awọn ipo laaye, ati awọn ipo lati pinnu bi o ṣe jinna bi? Ṣe iwọ yoo fi itunu ati irọrun rẹ siwaju aṣẹ Oluwa? Ó rẹ Gídíónì àtàwọn èèyàn rẹ̀, ebi sì ń pa wọ́n. Ṣugbọn wọn yan lati ma duro nitori pe iṣẹ naa ko tii pari. Ti o ba tẹsiwaju, laibikita bi o ṣe lero, ati laibikita ipo naa; Olorun yoo se afehinti o. Ti o ba pinnu ninu ọkan rẹ pe iwọ yoo ṣe ohun ti Ọlọrun ni ki o ṣe, ọna ti O beere pe ki o ṣe; k‘o le padanu ibukun Re. Ati pe kini diẹ sii, iwọ yoo yipada. Iwọ yoo di iru eniyan ti o gba iṣẹ naa. Iru eniyan ti Ọlọrun le gbẹkẹle ki o si fi ọla ati ojuse fun.
BIBELI KIKA: Àwọn Onídàájọ́ 8
ADURA: Baba ọrun, ràn mi lọwọ nigba ailera ati agbara mi, lati ranti lati maṣe jòwó rè silẹ, ni orukọ Jesu. Amin.