HELP FROM ABOVE
THE SEED
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalms 46:1 NIV
Help means to make it easier for someone to do something by providing resources or offering one’s services. Help can come from different places. It can come from the devil, from man, and God. Help from above, which is the help from God is the only help that we can get without having to pay a price. When God wants to help us, of course, He won’t come down to help us in person. He lays it in the heart of men to provide resources that will help us with our needs, or He sends His Holy Spirit to guide and direct us. In most cases when we get help from man, it is because God or the Holy Spirit has laid it in such a person’s heart to help us. Getting help from the devil is not advisable at all. After all, the devil has only come to steal, to kill, and to destroy. The help we get from the devil will either destroy us or get us into more trouble. Oftentimes, we might even be the instruments that God wants to use to help others and we should always be ready to do God’s work by helping others because it’s sure that we will be well rewarded by God. Whenever we go through any trouble, trials, or tribulations we should always turn to God for help, He never fails, and He will always come through for us and help us because only Him helps without demanding something equal or greater in return.
BIBLE READING: Psalm 121: 1 – 8
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I ask today that you send to me the helper that you have arranged for me and also make me an instrument of help to your other children, in Jesus name, Amen.
IRANLOWO LATI OKE
IRUGBIN NAA
“Ọlọrun ni aabo ati agbara wa, iranlọwọ ti o wa nigbagbogbo ninu ipọnju.” Sáàmù 46:1
Iranlọwọ tumọ si lati jẹ ki o rọrun fun ẹnikan lati ṣe nkan nipa pipese awọn orisun tabi fifun awọn iṣẹ ẹnikan. Iranlọwọ le wa lati oriṣiriṣi awọn aaye. O le wa lati ọdọ eṣu, lati ọdọ eniyan, ati Ọlọrun. Iranlọwọ lati oke, eyiti o jẹ iranlọwọ lati ọdọ Ọlọrun nikan ni iranlọwọ ti a le gba laisi idiyele. Nigba ti Ọlọrun ba fẹ lati ran wa lọwọ, dajudaju, Oun kii yoo sọkalẹ lati ran wa lọwọ ni eniyan. O fi sinu ọkan awọn eniyan lati pese awọn ohun elo ti yoo ṣe iranlọwọ fun wa pẹlu awọn aini wa, tabi O ran Ẹmi Mimọ Rẹ lati ṣe amọna ati itọsọna wa. Ni ọpọlọpọ igba nigba ti a ba gba iranlọwọ lati ọdọ eniyan, nitori pe Ọlọrun tabi Ẹmi Mimọ ti fi sinu ọkan iru eniyan lati ran wa lọwọ. Gbigba iranlọwọ lati ọdọ eṣu kii ṣe imọran rara. Lẹhinna, Eṣu ti wa nikan lati jale, lati pa, ati lati parun. Iranlowo ti a ba ri lowo Bìlísì yoo pa wa run tabi ki o mu wa sinu wahala pupo. Lọ́pọ̀ ìgbà, a tilẹ̀ lè jẹ́ ohun èlò tí Ọlọ́run fẹ́ láti lò láti ran àwọn ẹlòmíràn lọ́wọ́, a sì gbọ́dọ̀ máa múra tán láti ṣe iṣẹ́ Ọlọ́run nípa ríran àwọn ẹlòmíràn lọ́wọ́ nítorí ó dá wa lójú pé Ọlọ́run yóò san wá lẹ́san rere. Nigbakugba ti a ba ni wahala eyikeyii, awọn idanwo, tabi awọn ipọnju yẹ ki a yipada si Ọlọrun nigbagbogbo fun iranlọwọ, Oun kìí kuna, ati pe Oun yoo wa nigbagbogbo fun wa yoo ran wa lọwọ nitori pe Oun nikan ni o ṣe iranlọwọ laisi wiwa ohun kan ti o dọgba tabi ti o tobi julọ ni ipadabọ.
BIBELI KIKA: Sáàmù 121:1-8
ADURA: Baba ọrun, mo beere loni pe ki o ran oluranlọwọ ti o ṣeto fun mi si mi ati pé kí o ṣe mi ni ohun elo iranlọwọ fun awọn ọmọ rẹ miiran, ni orukọ Jesu. Amin.