THE SEED
“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth Psalm 46:10(NKJV)
Waiting is an action of staying where one is or delaying an action until a particular time or instruction comes. While we wait, the devil will want to come and deceive us by trying to divert our hearts from God. But we have to put our whole trust and faith in God, praying daily, reassuring ourselves of his promises to us by reading the word of God. Waiting on God can be very challenging and difficult, it can even make us doubt God or lose hope in God especially when it seems we are stagnant and not progressing. As children of God, we should trust God and remember that God is not man, that he would lie, whatsoever he has promised us is what we would receive from Him. God made a promise to Abraham and Sarah that they would bear a son even though they were old and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. This promise was fulfilled even though Sarah had doubts at some point, Abraham had faith and he was 100 years old when they bore Isaac, they waited for 25 years. What God has promised us might seem impossible, but we should remember the word of God to us in Luke 1:37. “For with God nothing will be impossible”. When everything or the situation we are going through seems difficult and impossible, God is there, He is sorting our situations and making a way for us. Waiting strengthens our faith and helps us to be closer to God. God might want us to wait for certain reasons, it might be that what we are asking from Him might harm us at that moment that we are asking, so we will wait.
BIBLE READING: Genesis 18:6-15
PRAYER: Lord, help me to trust you and to wait patiently on you, strengthen me to resist the devil’s temptation to doubt your promises for me in Jesus name Amen.
DIDURO DE OLORUN
IRUGBIN NAA
“Ẹ dúró jẹ́ẹ́, kí ẹ sì mọ̀ pé èmi ni Ọlọ́run; A o gbe mi ga laarin awọn orilẹ-ede, a o gbe mi ga ni ilè ayé!”Orin dáfídì 46:10
Díduro jẹ iṣe ti gbigbe si ibiti ẹnikan wa tabi idaduro iṣe titi di akoko kan pato tabi itọnisọna. Nigba ti a ba duro, eṣu yoo fẹ lati wa ki o si tàn wa nipa igbiyanju lati yi ọkàn wa pada kuro lọdọ Ọlọrun. Ṣùgbọ́n a ní láti fi gbogbo ìgbẹ́kẹ̀lé àti ìgbàgbọ́ wa sínú Ọlọ́run, gbígbàdúrà lójoojúmọ́, ní mímú ara wa lọ́kàn balẹ̀ nípa àwọn ìlérí rẹ̀ fún wa nípa kíka ọ̀rọ̀ Ọlọ́run. Dídúró de Ọlọ́run lè ṣòro gan-an, ó sì lè mú ká ṣiyèméjì nípa Ọlọ́run tàbí kó sọ ìrètí nù nínú Ọlọ́run pàápàá nígbà tó bá dà bíi pé a dúró ṣinṣin tí a kò sì tẹ̀ síwájú. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọmọ Ọlọ́run, a gbọ́dọ̀ gbẹ́kẹ̀ lé Ọlọ́run kí a sì rántí pé Ọlọ́run kì í ṣe ènìyàn tí yóò fi purọ́, ohunkóhun tí ó bá ṣèlérí fún wa ni ohun tí a ó gbà lọ́dọ̀ Rẹ̀. Ọlọ́run ṣèlérí fún Ábúráhámù àti Sárà pé wọ́n máa bí ọmọkùnrin kan bó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé wọ́n ti darúgbó, tí Sárà sì ti kọjá ọjọ́ orí ìbímọ. Ó dájú pé Ìlérí yìí nímùúṣẹ bó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé Sárà máa ń ṣiyèméjì nígbà kan, Ábúráhámù nígbàgbọ́, ó sì jẹ́ ẹni ọgọ́rùn-ún [100] ọdún nígbà tí wọ́n bí Ísákì, wọ́n dúró fún ọdún mẹ́ẹ̀ẹ́dọ́gbọ̀n [25]. Ohun ti Ọlọrun ti ṣeleri fun wa le dabi ẹnipe ko ṣee ṣe, ṣugbọn o yẹ ki a ranti ọrọ Ọlọrun si wa ni Luku 1:37. “Nitori pẹlu Ọlọrun ko si ohun ti yoo ṣee ṣe.” Nigbati ohun gbogbo tabi ipo ti a n lọ ba dabi pe o nira ati pe ko ṣee ṣe, Ọlọrun wa nibẹ, O n ṣe lẹsẹsẹ awọn ipo wa ati ṣe ọna fun wa. Dídúró ń fún ìgbàgbọ́ wa lókun ó sì ń ràn wá lọ́wọ́ láti túbọ̀ sún mọ́ Ọlọ́run. Ọlọrun le fẹ ki a duro fun awọn idi kan, o le jẹ pe ohun ti a n beere lọwọ Rẹ le ṣe ipalara fun wa ni akoko yẹn ti a n beere, nitorina a duro.
BIBELI KIKA: Jẹ́nẹ́sísì 18:6-15
ADURA: Oluwa, ran mi lowo lati gbekele o ati lati duro de Ó, fun mi ni okun lati koju idanwo èsù lati ṣiyemeji awọn ileri rẹ fun mi ni orukọ Jesu. Amin.