THE SEED
“Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you can number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” Genesis 15:5 NKJV
When the Lord showed Abraham the stars in the sky and encouraged him to connect his imagination to the promise of God, Abraham started to believe. Then things started happening. For your faith to be fully effective, you must engage your imagination. You must begin to ‘see’ God’s promises around you. Your mind can not be filled with one thought and your life produces an opposite result. For instance, If you have an examination or test to prepare for. You cannot permit the thought of being unsuccessful in that test to occupy any part of your mind. Imagination and Expectation are our greatest superpowers as human beings. They are two things animals do not have. If this is so, we must learn to use them to our advantage. God was teaching Abraham to put his Imagination and Expectation to work for him. Most people use their power of Imagination and Expectation to work against their progress in life. Let us not be like that. Let us learn the lesson, God was teaching Abraham; let your mind be filled with the vision of what God promised to give you. Do not ask yourself, ‘What if this does not work?’ Ask yourself instead, ‘How glorious will this be when it works?’ ‘How will I testify to the goodness of God when I have my miracle?’ See yourself rejoicing in the fulfillment of God’s promise to your life. Start ‘seeing’ it, before it manifests. That is what real faith is all about.
BIBLE READING: Genesis 15:1-6
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, I lift my eyes from my current circumstances. And I choose to believe in the reality of Your promises now, regardless of what is around me, in Jesus name. Amen.
O GBODO BERE LATI ‘FOJUSONA SI’ KI O TO RI
IRUGBIN NAA
Ó sì mú un wá síta, ó sì wí pé, “Wo ojú ọ̀run nísinsin yìí, kí o sì ka àwọn ìràwọ̀ náà bí ìwọ bá lè kà wọ́n.” Ó sì wí fún un pé, “Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni irú-ọmọ rẹ yóò rí.” Jẹ́nẹ́sísì 15:5
Nígbà tí Olúwa fi àwọn ìràwọ̀ ojú ọ̀run han Ábúráhámù tó sì gbà á níyànjú láti so ìrònú rẹ̀ pọ̀ mọ́ ìlérí Ọlọ́run, Ábúráhámù bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí gbàgbọ́. Nigbana ni awọn nkan bẹrẹ si ṣẹlẹ. Fun igbagbọ rẹ lati ni imunadoko ni kikun, o gbọdọ ṣe oju inu rẹ. O gbọdọ bẹrẹ lati ‘ri’ awọn ileri Ọlọrun ni ayika rẹ. Okan rẹ ko le kun fun ero kan ati pe igbesi aye rẹ gbejade abajade idakeji. Fun apẹẹrẹ, Ti o ba ni isé kan tabi idanwo lati mura silẹ fun. O ko le jẹ ki ero pe ko ṣaṣeyọri ninu idanwo yẹn lati gba apakan eyikeyi ninu ọkan rẹ. Oju inu ati Ireti jẹ awọn alagbara nla wa bi eniyan. Nkan meji ni awon eranko ko ni. Bí èyí bá rí bẹ́ẹ̀, a gbọ́dọ̀ kọ́ bí a ṣe ń lò wọ́n fún àǹfààní wa. Ọlọ́run ń kọ́ Ábúráhámù láti fi Ìrònú àti Ìretí Rẹ̀ sílò láti ṣiṣẹ́ fún un. Pupọ eniyan lo agbara Oju inu ati Ireti wọn lati ṣiṣẹ lodi si ilọsiwaju wọn ni igbesi aye. Ẹ má ṣe jẹ́ kí a rí bẹ́ẹ̀. E je ki a ko eko na, Olorun nko Abraham; jẹ́ kí ọkàn rẹ kún fún ìran ohun tí Ọlọ́run ṣèlérí láti fi fún ọ. Má ṣe bi ara rẹ léèrè pé, ‘Bí èyí kò bá ṣiṣẹ́ ńkọ́?’ Beere lọwọ ararẹ dipo, ‘Bawo ni ogo yoo ṣe jẹ nigbati o ba ṣiṣẹ?’ ‘Báwo ni èmi yóò ṣe jẹ́rìí sí oore Ọlọ́run nígbà tí mo bá ní iṣẹ́ ìyanu mi?’ Wo ara rẹ ti o nyọ ni imuṣẹ ileri Ọlọrun si igbesi aye rẹ. Bẹrẹ ‘rírí’ rẹ, ṣaaju ki o to farahan. Ohun tí ìgbàgbọ́ tòótọ́ túmọ̀ sí nìyẹn.
BIBELI KIKA: Jẹ́nẹ́sísì 15:1-6
ADURA: Baba Ọrun, Mo gbe oju mi soke lati awọn ipo mi lọwọlọwọ. Ati pe Mo yan lati gbagbọ ninu otitọ ti awọn ileri Rẹ ni bayi, laibikita ohun ti o wa ni ayika mi, ni orukọ Jesu. Amin.