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S2E08 - A Proverb on HOPE - "Ìpọ́njú àgbẹ̀ ò ju ọdún kan"
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PROVERB CONSIDERED: "Ìpọ́njú àgbẹ̀ ò ju ọdún kan."
INTERPRETATION: "A farmer’s suffering will not last longer than a year."
MEANING & BIBLICAL APPLICATION: The proverb is based on the concept of sowing (planting) and harvesting. The understanding is that if a farmer plants and begins to suffer for lack of resources or even lack of food to eat, such a reversal in his circumstance is but for a moment. Because he has sown, he can look forward WITH HOPE to the harvest, which, in the worst-case scenario, will come in a year's time.
This brings a lot of scriptures to mind.
- Psalm 126:5 MSG says "So those who planted their crops in despair will shout “Yes!” at the harvest..."
- Psalm 30:5 AMPC says "...Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."
An important question to ask, though, as Anu points out, is "In 'who' is our hope — in God or in efforts?" To have faith in yourself is to put a pressure you can't keep up with on yourself. To have faith in God, however, is to believe in the One Who is able to do and undo.
MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE
"Prophesy Your Promise" by Bryan & Katie Torwalt
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