October 11, 2021

S2E05 - A Proverb on NEGLIGENCE - Ojú onílá nilá ṣe ńkó

14 minutes

PROVERB CONSIDERED: "Ojú onílá nilá ṣe ńkó."

INTERPRETATION: "It is in the presence of the okro planter that the fruits become fibrous (and inedible)."

MEANING: The negligent person will watch as his or her affairs go to ruin.

REFLECTION: When okro fruits are harvested as at when due, they are very edible and bring gain to the farmer, the seller, the buyer, the cook and the eventual consumer. But when okro fruits are not harvested at the right time, they become full of fibre on the inside, and as such, they become inedible.

We discussed this from two perspectives: finishing well, and being diligent (rather than negligent).

In Luke 14:28-33, Jesus highlights the need to sit down and count the cost before embarking on a project, and taking the most viable approach to execute the project, leveraging on any helpful partnerships and associations to make up for one's lack.

In Proverbs 24:33-34, we are encouraged to follow professional work habits as antidotes to poverty.

BIBLICAL REFERENCES

Luke 14:28-33 NIV - “28 Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’ 31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples."

Proverbs 24:33-34 TPT - "Professional work habits prevent poverty from becoming your permanent business partner. And: If you put off until tomorrow the work you could do today, tomorrow never seems to come."

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