July 8, 2020
Wenezde for the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
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Jesus call His Twelve disciples come and give dem authority over unclean spirits, make dem drive the spirits comot and cure every disease and every sickness. Matthew 10:1
Jesus give His Apostles sacred authority. Dem fit drive demons comot and heal sick people. Through their preaching, dem also bring plenty people to turn to Christ.
E good make we look this extraordinary spiritual gift wey the Apostles get to do miracles. E good to look am because we no dey see this kind thing happen too often today. But for the beginning of the Church, e be like say miracles bin dey happen well-well. One reason be say, for the beginning, Jesus do things wey show clearly who He be, to set things in motion. The miracles wey He do and the ones wey His Apostles do na powerful signs of God power and presence. These miracles help people believe the Apostles preaching more and bring plenty people to turn to Christ. E be like say, as the Church dey grow, miracles no need to plenty like that again before people go know say the Word of God na true. As time pass, the way believers live and the witness wey dem give don dey enough to spread the Gospel without the help of plenty miracles. To die as martyr and to act with great faith come be the true signs say God dey present.
E dey help us to understand this because we dey see something like this for our own life of faith and conversion. Many times, as we dey start our journey of faith, we dey experience God presence in plenty powerful ways. We fit get deep spiritual feelings wey dey comfort us and know clearly say God dey with us. But as time dey pass, these feelings fit begin disappear, and we fit dey wonder where dem go or whether we don do something wrong. One important spiritual lesson dey here.
As our faith dey grow deeper, the spiritual comfort wey we fit receive for the beginning fit often begin fade, because God want make we love and serve Am with faith and love wey don become purer. We suppose believe Am and follow Am, no be because He dey make us feel good, but because to love and serve Am na good and right thing. This lesson fit hard to learn, but na lesson wey we must learn.
Today, think about how deep your faith be and how well e dey sustain you. You know God and love Am even when things hard and when e be like say He dey far away? Na for those times, more than any other time, your own faith and conversion fit grow strongest.
Lord, help my faith in You and my love for You to be deep, steady and strong. Help me to rely on that faith pass any outside “miracles” or feelings. Above everything else, help me to love You because of pure love for You. Jesus, na You I trust.
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