February 29, 2020
Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Readings for Today
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“People wey dey healthy no need dokita, but sick people need am. I no come to call people wey dey live right to turn from sin come meet God, but na sinners I come to call.” Luke 5:31–32
Wetin dokita go do if e no get patients? Wetin go happen if nobody dey sick? The poor dokita no go get work to do again. So, for one way, we fit rightly talk say dokita need sick people so that e go fit do im work.
We fit talk the same thing about Jesus. Na Him be the Savior of the World. But wetin for happen if sinners no dey? Then Jesus for don die for nothing, and we no for need His mercy. So, for one way, we fit conclude say Jesus, as the Savior of the World, need sinners. He need people wey don turn their back on Him, break God Law, disrespect their own dignity, disrespect other people dignity, and act with selfishness and sin. Jesus need sinners. Why? Because Jesus na the Savior, and Savior need to save. Savior need people wey need salvation so that He go fit save them! You understand?
E important make we understand this, because when we understand am, we go suddenly see say when we come meet Jesus with all the dirty of our sin, e dey bring great joy to His Heart. E dey bring joy because He fit carry out the mission wey the Father give Him, as He dey show His mercy as the one and only Savior.
Allow Jesus carry out His mission! Let Him show you mercy! You dey do this when you admit say you need mercy. You dey do this when you come meet Him as you dey, with your weakness and sin, as person wey no deserve mercy and wey deserve only punishment for hell forever. When you come meet Jesus like this, you dey allow Him carry out the mission wey the Father give Him. You dey allow Him show His Heart wey full with mercy in way wey person fit clearly see. Jesus “need” you to carry out His mission. Give Him this gift and let Him be your merciful Savior.
Today, reflect on God mercy from another angle. Look am from Jesus side, as the Dokita wey be God and wey want carry out His mission to heal. Understand say He need you so that He go fit carry out His mission. He need make you admit your sin and open yourself to His healing. As you dey do this, you dey allow the gates of mercy open, make mercy flow out plenty for this our time.
My dear Savior and Dokita wey be God, I thank You as You come to save and heal. I thank You for the strong desire wey dey burn for Your Heart to show Your mercy for my life. Abeg, make me humble so that I go fit open myself to Your touch wey dey heal, and so that, through this gift of salvation, I go allow You show Your Divine Mercy. Jesus, na You I trust.
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