December 8, 2019
Second Sunday for Advent
Readings for Today
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“Na voice of person wey dey shout for desert. ‘Prepare road for the Lord, make Im paths straight.’”
Matthew 3:3 (Year A)
Mark 1:3 (Year B)
Luke 3:4 (Year C)
For this Second Sunday for Advent, dem give us St. John the Baptist make we reflect on im life. Na wonderful gift e be! Jesus Imself talk say “among people wey women don born, nobody don great pass John the Baptist” (Matthew 11:11). See as Jesus praise am!
Wetin make John great like this? We fit point to two things especially. The first one concern the call wey God give am, and the second one concern im good character.
First of all, John great because na through am the work of the Prophets for the Old Testament take lead enter the New Testament. E be like bridge wey prepare way for the new life wey go come. This special mission wey only am get make am truly great.
But no be only because of im special calling John great; e great too because of the good character wey e get for im life. And na this gift, pass any other one, we suppose reflect on so that e go inspire us.
The particular good character wey John get na humble heart. E see imself as nothing pass a “voice of person wey dey shout for desert.” And the Word wey e speak na Jesus.
John admit say e no even worthy to bend down untie the straps of Jesus sandals (Mark 1:7). Plenty people praise am and follow am, but e still dey always talk about Jesus say, “E must increase, and I must decrease” (John 3:30). John no dey do im work to get praise and honour; instead, im mission na to point everybody to the Saviour of the world. E for fit seek honour and praise from plenty people, and e for surely get am. Dem for even fit make am king. But John ready well-well to fulfil im mission and then surrender imself to the cruel sword of the person wey go execute am. Im humble heart make am focus only on Jesus and want only to point people to Am.
Today, reflect on whether this kind humble heart dey your own life. You dey usually point people to yourself or to Christ? You dey seek praise from other people, or you dey humbly direct all praise and glory to God? To dey humble na the road wey St. John the Baptist follow, and na the road we must try our best to follow every day.
Lord, thank You for the gift of St. John the Baptist. Make the humble heart wey e show inspire me as I dey live my Christian life. Help me, Lord, make I always point other people to You instead of myself. Jesus, na You I trust.
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