Sunday, August 18, 2019
Sunday Nomba 20 for Ordinary Time, Year C
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Jesus tell His disciples: “I don come to set di earth on fire, and how I wish say di fire don already dey burn strong!” Luke 12:49
Dis passage show us two things. First, e show say Jesus plan na to “set di earth on fire.” Second, e show say E want make “di fire don already dey burn strong.”
Wetin Jesus mean when E talk say E come to set di world on fire? Fire na powerful image wey fit help us understand plenty things about Christian life. First, fire dey consume. Na so e be with Christ. E come to consume us. E come to change our small lives into fires wey dey burn strong. Dis show say plenty things fit come out of each of our lives. We fit become something wey new completely if we allow di spark of grace to set our souls on fire.
Fire fit also bring change. Di heat dey keep us warm, di light dey help us see for darkness, and di energy dey produce power for different ways to help us for our everyday life. Na so e be with grace. God grace dey change our cold hearts, lead us through di darkness of life, and give us everything we need to live lives wey dey bear good fruit.
E good to notice say Jesus no only talk say E come to set di world on fire; instead, E talk say E wish di fire don already dey burn strong. Dis desire of our Lord na invitation to leave life wey just dey manage and wey no hot or cold, and enter life wey we dey live fully as Christians. God no call us make we change only small part of our lives, or even most of our lives. No, E call us to become fires of faith wey dey burn strong, as God dey change us so we fit bring real change for di world!
Today, think deeply about di fire inside your own soul. How bright dat fire dey burn? You need to feed dat fire every day, and give yourself fully to keeping di flame alive. Try to become dat fire wey dey burn strong as di Lord want, and e go surprise you how grace fit change you completely.
Lord, make the bright light of Your love and mercy set my heart on fire. Help me make I dey open to the complete change wey You want for my life. I give You my whole self without holding anything back, dear Lord. Use me as You want. Jesus, na You I trust.
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