Make You Love Your Enemies

September 10, 2020
Thursday for Week Twenty-Three for Ordinary Time
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Jesus tell His disciples: “I dey tell una wey dey hear Me, make una love una enemies, do good to people wey hate una, bless people wey curse una, pray for people wey treat una badly.” Luke 6:27-28

E clear say to talk these words easy pass to do wetin dem talk. When e reach to do am, when person show you hatred and treat you badly, to love am, bless am and pray for am na di last thing wey you go want do. But Jesus make am very clear say na this kind thing dem call us to do.

When people persecute us directly or do us wickedness, e fit easily pain us for heart. This pain fit lead us to vex, to want revenge, and even to hate. If we give in to these temptations, we go suddenly become di same kind thing wey cause us pain. Sadly, to hate people wey don hurt us only dey make things worse.

But we no go dey face reality if we deny di struggle wey all of us dey face inside when another person hurt us and Jesus command us to love di person in return. If we dey honest, we must admit say this struggle dey inside us. Di struggle dey come as we try to accept di command to love completely, even with di pain and vex wey we dey feel.

One thing wey this struggle inside us dey show be say God want much more for us than make we just live our life according to how we dey feel. To dey vex or feel pain for heart no really dey sweet. In fact, e fit cause plenty suffering. But e no must be like that. If we understand this command wey Jesus give us to love our enemies, we go begin understand say na this be di way out of di suffering. We go begin see say if we let di pain wey we feel control us, and we use vex pay back vex or hatred pay back hatred, na only deeper we dey make di wound. But if we fit love when people treat us badly, we go suddenly discover say love get great power for this kind situation. Na love wey pass any feeling by far. Na true love wey don become pure and wey God give freely as gift. Na charity for di highest level, and na charity wey dey fill us with plenty real joy.

Today, think deeply about any wound wey you carry for your heart. Know say these wounds fit become source of holiness and happiness for you if you let God change dem and if you allow God to fill your heart with love for everybody wey don treat you badly.

Lord, I know say You call me to love my enemies. I know say You call me to love everybody wey don treat me badly. Help me to hand over to You any vex or hatred wey I dey feel, and replace those feelings with true charity. Jesus, na You I trust.