THE SEED
“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13 (KJV)
It’s often easier to blame others than to own up to our mistakes. Yet from the beginning, God has called His children to personal responsibility. Passing blame may ease the conscience momentarily, but it does not bring the healing and restoration that only honest repentance can. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, Adam pointed at Eve, and Eve pointed at the serpent (Genesis 3:12–13). But God held each of them accountable. Excuses didn’t exempt them from the consequences. This story reveals a timeless truth: God looks not for blame, but for confession and change. Jesus taught about the danger of hypocrisy when He said, “Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?” (Matthew 7:3). We are quick to find faults in others, but slow to acknowledge our own. Yet God calls us to first examine ourselves. Mercy is not withheld from the one who confesses with a sincere heart. When we take responsibility and turn away from our wrongdoing, we step into the grace and growth God desires for us. Let us be persons of humility; quick to confess, eager to change, and ready to grow. Taking responsibility for our actions leads to restoration, and restoration leads to righteousness which enhances spiritual growth.
BIBLE READING: Genesis 3:8–13
PRAYER: Father, I admit where I have gone wrong. Forgive me for the times I’ve blamed others instead of taking responsibility. Help me walk humbly before You, always ready to grow and be transformed by Your grace. Amen.
DÉKUN DÍDÁ ELÒMÍRÀN LÉBI ÀSÌSE RE
IRUGBIN NAA
“Ẹni tí ó bá bo ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ rẹ̀ mọ́lẹ̀ kì yóò ṣe rere;” Òwe 28:13
Ó máa ń rọrùn gan-an láti dá àwọn ẹlòmíràn lẹ́bi ju pé ká gba àṣìṣe wa lọ. Sibẹ lati ibẹrẹ, Ọlọrun ti pe awọn ọmọ Rẹ si ojuṣe ti ara ẹni. Dídá elomiran lẹ́bi lè tu ẹ̀rí ọkàn rẹ̀ fún ìgbà díẹ̀, ṣùgbọ́n kò mú ìmúláradá àti ìmúbọ̀sípò tí ìrònúpìwàdà tòótọ́ nìkan lè ṣe. Nígbà tí Ádámù àti Éfà ṣẹ̀ nínú ọgbà, Ádámù tọ́ka sí Éfà, Éfà sì tọ́ka sí ejò náà (Jẹ́nẹ́sísì 3:12–13). Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run mú kí ọ̀kọ̀ọ̀kan wọn jíhìn. Awọn awawi ko yọ wọn kuro ninu awọn abajade. Itan yii ṣafihan otitọ ailopin: Ọlọrun ko wo fun ẹbi, ṣugbọn fun ijẹwọ ati iyipada. Jésù kọ́ni nípa ewu ìwà àgàbàgebè nígbà tó sọ pé, “Èé ṣe tí ìwọ fi ń wo èérún igi tí ó wà nínú ojú arákùnrin rẹ, ṣùgbọ́n tí ìwọ kò ka ìtì igi tí ń bẹ nínú ojú ara rẹ sí?” ( Mátíù 7:3 ). A yara lati wa awọn aṣiṣe ninu awọn miiran, ṣugbọn o lọra lati jẹwọ tiwa. Síbẹ̀ Ọlọ́run pè wá láti kọ́kọ́ yẹ ara wa wò. A kì í fa àánú sẹ́yìn fún ẹni tí ó bá jẹ́wọ́ òtítọ́ ọkàn. Nigba ti a ba gba ojuse ati yipada kuro ninu aiṣedede wa, a tẹ sinu ore-ọfẹ ati idagbasoke ti Ọlọrun fẹ fun wa. Ẹ jẹ́ kí a jẹ́ onírẹ̀lẹ̀; yara lati jẹwọ, itara lati yipada, ati setan lati dagba. Gbigbe ojuse fun awọn iṣe wa nyorisi imupadabọsipo, ati imupadabọ n ṣamọna si ododo eyiti o mu idagbasoke ti ẹmi pọ si.
BIBELI KIKA: Jẹ́nẹ́sísì 3:8–13
ADURA: Baba, Mo gba ibi ti mo ti ṣe aṣiṣe. Dariji mi fun awọn akoko ti Mo ti da awọn ẹlomiran lẹbi dipo gbigbe ojuse. Ran mi lọwọ lati rin ni irẹlẹ niwaju Rẹ, nigbagbogbo mura lati dagba ati ki o yipada nipasẹ ore-ọfẹ Rẹ. Amin.