Monday, March 4, 2019
Monday for di Eighth Week for Ordinary Time
Saint Casimir – Memorial wey no be compulsory
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Jesus look am, love am, come tell am, “One thing still remain wey you never do. Go, sell wetin you get, give di money to poor people, and you go get treasure for heaven; then come follow Me.” As e hear this word, im face change, and e comot with sadness, because e get plenty property. Mark 10:21-22
Two important things dey wey we need point out for this Scripture passage. Di first na how Jesus respond, and di second na how di rich young man respond.
Di passage talk say Jesus look am and “love am.” E important make we take note of dis line before we consider wetin Jesus call dis young man to do. E call am make e leave everything wey e get, give all of dem out, and come follow Jesus. And na because of love Jesus invite am to do dis.
Jesus dey invite dis young man make e gain plenty more pass wetin e get now. Na why Jesus look am with love before E invite di young man make e follow Am completely, for way wey go change im whole life. But for dis case, to love Jesus go bring pain. Di pain na because to follow Jesus mean say e go sacrifice everything wey e get. Na to give up everything, for way wey go change im whole life. E hard, at least if person look am only with human sense and di way di world dey see things. But Jesus love for dis young man perfect so tey E ready to invite am make e bear di sacrifice of everything, so dat di rich man go fit gain plenty more.
Dem invite us make we do di same thing. No, e fit no be say dem call us to follow Jesus for dis special way wey go change our whole life, by giving up all di property wey we get. But dem call us to follow Jesus with di same level of trust and to surrender ourselves completely to His divine will. And dat one must require sacrifice. Sacrifice reach di highest level.
Di way we respond when Jesus call us to be His disciples dey very important. How we go answer dis invitation to give ourselves completely? Di rich young man first respond with sorrow. E no accept di invitation wey Jesus give am. We no know whether e later follow Jesus completely for dis way wey go change im whole life, but we know how e first respond.
Plenty times, na so we too dey first respond. We want remain faithful, and we want follow Christ no matter wetin E ask us to do. But when E give us clear invitation to answer Im call, we turn away with sadness, as we dey think say di invitation dey ask too much from us.
Today, reflect on this rich young man. Look your own life and think well about how ready you dey, and how willing you dey to tell Jesus “Yes” with your whole self for anything wey E ask you to do. To talk “Yes” even when e mean say you go make sacrifice na di best decision wey you fit make. In truth, e mean say you willingly accept di life wey get glory pass any other life wey you fit live.
Lord, sometimes to follow You fit look hard, like say e dey demand plenty from me. E fit look like say e too much. Help me, especially for those moments, to trust You more than di many things for dis world wey my heart hold on to. Jesus, na You I trust.
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