JUMATATU TAREHE 22 FEBUARI 2021, ASUBUHI
Tukimtegemea Mungu tutashinda majaribu;
Yakobo 1:12-18
12 Heri mtu astahimiliye majaribu; kwa sababu akiisha kukubaliwa ataipokea taji ya uzima, Bwana aliyowaahidia wampendao.
13 Mtu ajaribiwapo, asiseme, Ninajaribiwa na Mungu; maana Mungu hawezi kujaribiwa na maovu, wala yeye mwenyewe hamjaribu mtu.
14 Lakini kila mmoja hujaribiwa na tamaa yake mwenyewe huku akivutwa na kudanganywa.
15 Halafu ile tamaa ikiisha kuchukua mimba huzaa dhambi, na ile dhambi ikiisha kukomaa huzaa mauti.
16 Ndugu zangu wapenzi, msidanganyike.
17 Kila kutoa kuliko kwema, na kila kitolewacho kilicho kamili, hutoka juu, hushuka kwa Baba wa mianga; kwake hakuna kubadilika, wala kivuli cha kugeuka-geuka.
18 Kwa kupenda kwake mwenyewe alituzaa sisi kwa neno la kweli, tuwe kama limbuko la viumbe vyake.
Yakobo anatusihi kustahimili majaribu ili tuweze kuipokea taji ya uzima. Lakini katika hilo, anatukumbusha kuwa tunajaribiwa kwa tamaa zetu wenyewe. Hivyo tuache tamaa ambazo zinaweza kusababisha tujaribiwe na hatimaye mauti.
Tunapoendelea na majira haya, tukumbuke kuwa majaribu yapo, na hatuwezi kuyakwepa. Ni kwa neno la Mungu tunaweza kuyashinda. Mstari wa 18 unasema alituzaa kwa neno la kweli. Huu ni msisitizo kuwa hatuwezi kushinda majaribu bila neno la Mungu.
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MONDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2021, MORNING.
If we trust in God we will overcome temptations;
James 1:12-18
12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
James exhorts us to endure trials so that we may receive the crown of life. But in that, he reminds us that we are tempted by our own desires. So let us give up the desires that can lead to temptation and eventually spiritual death.
As we move through this season, let us remember that temptations exist, and we cannot avoid them. It is by the word of God that we can overcome them. Verse 18 says he begot us with the word of truth. This is an emphasis that we cannot overcome temptation without the word of God.
I wish you a good week
