THE SEED
“For My own sake, I will do it; For how should My name be profaned? And I will not give My glory to another.” Isaiah 48:11 NKJV
Hannah was a woman who was humiliated by her husband’s wife for not having children. Even though she would have tried other options as Sarah did, she decided to return to Shiloh each year as she knew that God would deliver her. She continued to visit Shiloh despite being the target of ridicule, and one year, she was so tired that she cried out of bitterness in her soul, prayed, and made a vow to God. Upon hearing her prayer, the Priest, who happened to be there, thought she was intoxicated. Nevertheless, he spoke one sentence, and the following year, she became pregnant with Samuel—exactly what she had requested. There is nothing that God cannot do. The line “Mine horn is exalted in the Lord” from Hannah’s account in our Bible reading is my favourite part of her story. She then started talking about the things that God is capable of. Christians occasionally lose sight of God’s power because we get distracted and see life from the perspective of the world, hence we are often reminded of God’s ability to do and undo all things through miracles and testimonies. Why do we stress so much about what to eat, drink, or wear when God provides them all? God desires that we be hard-working; certainly, we should be diligent, but why worry? We ought to have complete faith and give the Lord our worries and aspirations. We will not be let down when we give them to Him.
BIBLE READING: 1 Samuel 2: 1-11
PRAYER: Oh Lord, I surrender all my worries to you, Make the best of my Life in Jesus’ Name.
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“Nítorí emi tìkárami, li èmi o ṣé e, nitori a o ṣé ba orúkọ mi jẹ́? Èmi kí yíò si fi ògo mi fún ẹlòmíràn.” Isaiah 48: 11.
Hánà jẹ́ obìnrin tí ìyàwó ọkọ rẹ̀ máà nbu ẹnu ètẹ̀ lùú torí pé kò bímọ. Bi o tilẹ jẹ pe o ti gbiyanju awọn ọ̀nà miiran gẹgẹbi bi Sarah ti ṣe, o pinnu lati maa lọ si Ṣilo ni ọdọ dun bi o ti mọ pe Ọlọrun yoo gba oun. Ó ńlọ sí Ṣílò bi ó tilẹ jẹ pe wọ́n fi ń ṣẹ̀sín; ni ọdún kan, o rẹ̀ ọkàn rẹ̀ tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí ó fi sọkún kíkorò nínú ọkàn rẹ̀, ó gbàdúrà, ó sì jẹ́jẹ̀ fún Ọlọ́run. Nígbà tí Àlùfáà náà gbọ́ àdúrà rẹ̀, ó rò pé ó ti mutí yó. Lai ṣé ani ani, Woli náà sọ kìkì ọ̀rọ̀ kan, ni ọdun ti o tẹle obìnrin náà ni oyun ọmọ rẹ̀ Sámúẹ́li, gẹgẹbi ohun ti Hanna tọrọ. Ko si ohun ti Ọlọ́run kò lè ṣe. Ẹsẹ náà nínú Bíbélì ti o sọ pe “Iwo mi ni a gbe ga soke ninu Oluwa” lati inu awọn ohun ti o ṣẹlẹ̀ si Hannah ninu Bibeli kika wa, ọ̀rọ̀ yi jẹ ‘aayo’ ti mo fẹ́ràn ju ninu itan rẹ. Ó wá bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í sọ̀rọ̀ nípa àwọn ohun tí Ọlọ́run lágbára láti ṣe. Àwọn Kristẹni lẹ́ẹ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan máa ń fojú inú wo agbára Ọlọ́run torí pé ọkàn wa máa ń pín si oríṣiríṣi ọ̀nàa, a sì ń wo ìgbésí ayé ní ojú ìwòye ayé, torí náà a sábà máa ń rán wa létí agbára Ọlọ́run láti ṣe àti láti ṣàtúnṣe ohun gbogbo nípasẹ̀ àwọn iṣẹ́ ìyanu àti ẹ̀rí. Kíni idi tí a fi ntẹnu mọ́ púpọ̀ nípa kini a o jẹ, tàbí mú, tabi wọ nigbati Ọlọrun ti pèsè gbogbo wọn? Ọlọ́run fẹ́ kí a máa ṣiṣẹ́ kárakára; Dájúdájú, ó yẹ kí a jẹ́ aláápọn, ṣùgbọ́n èé ṣe tí a fi ń ṣàníyàn? O yẹ ki a ni igbagbọ pipe, ki a sí fun Oluwa ni aniyan ati awọn ireti wa. A ko ni ja wa kulẹ̀ nigba ti a ba fi wọ́n fun u.
BIBELI KIKA: 1 Samueli 2: 1-11.
ADURA: Oluwa, mo ko gbogbo aniyan mi le Ọ, Ẹ ṣé ohun ti o dara ju ninu aye mi ni Orukọ Jesu.