S1E10 - A Proverb on FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE - "Ká ròhìn ẹni ò tó ká bá ẹni bẹ́ẹ̀"

ỌMỌLÚÀBÍ PODCAST | EPISODE 010 PROVERB CONSIDERED: "Ká ròhìn ẹni ò tó ká bá ẹni bẹ́ẹ̀" INTERPRETATION: "To have people say good things about someone is nothing like getting to meet and know the person firsthand and find those secondary reports to be true." In other words, nothing beats getting to know someone on a firsthand basis. MEANING & BIBLICAL APPLICATION: We thought of this from both our human-to-human relationships and our relationship with God. Biblical examples given include:  1. Boaz. What Naomi said to Ruth about Boaz — about the kind of person Boaz was and that he was able to be their kinsman-redeemer — was found by Ruth to be much more than true! 2. Elisah. What the Jewish slave girl of Naaman's wife said to her mistress — "If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy" — was found to be true when Naaman indeed explored that option and encountered Elisha. 3. Job. One of the most insightful statements about man's relationship with God came from the mouth of Job after all he went through and all the questions he had for God — and how God responded to them. He said in Job 42:5 (MSG), "I admit I once lived by rumors of you; now I have it all firsthand—from my own eyes and ears!" May we be the kind of people who relate with people—and with God—based on our firsthand experience, and not merely by what others say about them.