S1E11 - A Proverb on REPERCUSSIONS - "Bí ìdí ìkokò kò bá dá a lójú, kì í gbé egungun mì"

ỌMỌLÚÀBÍ PODCAST | EPISODE 011 PROVERB CONSIDERED: "Bí ìdí ìkokò kò bá dá a lójú, kì í gbé egungun mì." INTERPRETATION: "If the wolf does not have faith in its anus, it does not swallow bones." In other words, the wolf wouldn't dare to eat the kind of thing it wouldn't be able to digest and pass out as excreta effortlessly.  MEANING: One should not attempt a thing whose repercussions one cannot withstand. There is wisdom in knowing ourselves and knowing our limitations lest we dabble into things for which we are not capable of withstanding the repercussions and consequences. So it's a proverb of caution regarding repercussions. BIBLICAL APPLICATION ✥ Romans 12:3 PHILLIPS — "Don’t cherish exaggerated ideas of yourself or your importance, but try to have a sane estimate of your capabilities by the light of the faith that God has given to you all." ✥ Acts 19:11-16 PHILLIPS — "11-12 God gave most unusual demonstrations of power through Paul’s hands, so much so that people took to the sick any handkerchiefs or small-clothes which had been in contact with his body, and they were cured of their diseases and their evil spirits left them. 13-20 But there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who attempted to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus when dealing with those who had evil spirits. They would say, “I command you in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches.” Seven brothers, sons of a chief priest called Sceva, were engaged in this practice on one occasion, when the evil spirit answered, “Jesus I know, and I am acquainted with Paul, but who on earth are you?” And the man in whom the evil spirit was living sprang at them and over-powered them all with such violence that they rushed out of that house wounded, with their clothes torn off their backs." ✥ Philippians 4:13 NKJV — "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." ✥ 1 Corinthians 6:12 PHILLIPS — "As a Christian I may do anything, but that does not mean that everything is good for me. I may do everything, but I must not be a slave of anything." ✥ 1 Corinthians 6:12 MSG — "Just because something is technically legal doesn’t mean that it’s spiritually appropriate. If I went around doing whatever I thought I could get by with, I’d be a slave to my whims." ✥ Luke 14:28 NKJV — "For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—" Summarily, we should know who we are in Christ as well as acknowledge our uniqueness in Him and our limitations as He leads us.