S1E04 - A Proverb on EXCELLENCE - "Aṣọ à-fọ̀-fún kò jẹ́ká mọ olówó"

ỌMỌLÚÀBÍ PODCAST | EPISODE 004 PROVERB CONSIDERED: "Aṣọ à-fọ̀-fún kò jẹ́ká mọ olówó." INTERPRETATION: Clothes washed clean make identifying the rich person impossible. In other words, there is a way a 'poor' person can wash his/her clothes and take good care of it such that in public, he/she appears to be rich. MEANING: You can manage the little you have so well that people will reckon with you as they would someone who has much more than you currently do. Based on an understanding of your identity an Ọmọlúàbí (a chosen generation, royal priesthood, holy nation, peculiar person - 1 Peter 2:9), you can manifest such excellence in and with the little you currently possess. TEXTS FOR SCRIPTURAL REFLECTION: Proverbs 23:7a; 27:8 Philippians 2:12-13 Proverbs 23:7a The Passion Translation (TPT): "For as he thinks within himself, so is he." Proverbs 27:8 The Passion Translation (TPT): "When even a fool bites his tongue he’s considered wise. So shut your mouth when you are provoked—it will make you look smart." Philippians 2:12-13 New International Version (NIV): "Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose."