S2E08 - A Proverb on HOPE - "Ìpọ́njú àgbẹ̀ ò ju ọdún kan"

<p><strong>PROVERB CONSIDERED: </strong>"Ìpọ́njú àgbẹ̀ ò ju ọdún kan."</p> <p><strong>INTERPRETATION: </strong>"A farmer’s suffering will not last longer than a year." &nbsp;</p> <p><strong>MEANING &amp; BIBLICAL APPLICATION: </strong>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.</p> <p>This brings a lot of scriptures to mind.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Psalm 126:5 MSG</strong> says <em><strong>"So those who planted their crops in despair will shout “Yes!” at the harvest..."&nbsp;</strong></em></li> <li><strong>Psalm 30:5 AMPC</strong> says <em><strong>"...Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning."</strong></em></li> </ul> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE</strong></p> <p>"Prophesy Your Promise" by Bryan &amp; Katie Torwalt&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>LINKS TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE</strong></p> <p>✥ My Website — <a href="https://www.josephkolawole.org/omoluabi/" target="_blank">https://www.josephkolawole.org/omoluabi/</a></p> <p>✥ Other Platforms — <a href="https://pod.link/1550735589" target="_blank">https://pod.link/1550735589</a></p> <p><strong>FOR MORE RESOURCES FROM JOSEPH &amp; ANU OLA</strong></p> <p><a href="https://linktr.ee/josephola" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/josephola</a></p> <p><a href="https://josephola.disha.page/" target="_blank">https://josephola.disha.page/</a></p>