Sunday, July 28, 2019
Di 17th Sunday for Ordinary Time, Year C
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“And I dey tell una, ask and una go receive; seek and una go find; knock and dem go open di door for una.” Luke 11:9
If we take dis thing wey Jesus talk exactly as di words be, we fit easily conclude say Jesus go give us anything wey we ask for inside prayer. But we know say no be so e dey happen. E fit be say everybody don pray well-well for one thing or another, but di answer no come di way we want. Why e be so? Na just because we no pray with faith? Jesus go do anything wey we ask Am if we use all our strength pray for am? No, no be so at all.
Dis passage still talk say, “If una, wey wicked, know how to give una children good gifts, how much more una Father for heaven go give di Holy Spirit to people wey ask Am?” (Luke 11:13). For dis context, and for di context of everything wey Jesus don teach us, e important make we know say na only one thing we suppose pray for. And when we pray for dis one thing with faith, we fit dey sure say we go receive am. Wetin be dat one thing? Na wetin God want.
If we sincerely use all our heart ask for and seek wetin God want, we fit dey sure say our Lord go give us di Holy Spirit, and di Holy Spirit go then lead us to wetin God want for our life. Di problem be say plenty times, we dey end up praying say “Make wetin ME I want happen” instead of “Make wetin YOU want happen.” Dis difference important well-well.
True prayer, for di end, na to trust God and surrender to Am. We trust His perfect plan and surrender to dat perfect plan for our life. When we do dis, we fit dey sure say di Lord go hear and answer dis perfect prayer.
Today, think deeply about dat simple prayer inside di Our Father: Make wetin You want happen! Try your best to trust God perfect plan for your life, and do everything wey you fit do to surrender to am. When we pray like dis, we fit dey sure say di Holy Spirit go come to us and lead us to follow wetin E want wey holy.
Our Papa wey dey for heaven, make Your name dey holy. Make Your kingdom come. Make dem do Your will for earth, as dem dey do am for heaven. Give us today di bread wey we need every day, and forgive us our sins, as we dey forgive people wey sin against us, and no lead us enter temptation, but deliver us from evil. Jesus, na You I trust.
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