September 22, 2020
Tuesday for Week 25 for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
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“My mama and My brothers na people wey dey hear God word and do wetin e talk.” Luke 8:21
Maybe you don wonder how e go be to get family member wey get power and wey people know well well. How e go be if your brother or sister, or one of your parents, na President of the United States? Or na sports person wey people know well well? Or another popular person? E go likely give you some joy and pride for good way.
For the time wey Jesus dey waka for this Earth, He dey become person wey people know well well, as we fit talk am. Plenty people admire Him, love Him and follow Him. As He dey talk, His mama and brothers (wey most likely na His cousins) come stand outside. No doubt, people look them with respect and admiration, and maybe even small jealousy. E go really sweet to be Jesus own relative.
Jesus know well the blessing wey dey inside to be His own relative, to belong to His own family. Na why He talk this thing, to invite everybody wey dey there to see themselves as close members of His family. True true, our Mama wey God bless go always get her special relationship with Jesus, but Jesus wan invite everybody to share for this family bond with Him.
How this one dey happen? E dey happen when we “hear God Word and do wetin e talk.” Na so e simple reach. Jesus dey invite you to enter His family for deep and personal way, if you go just listen to everything wey God talk and then do wetin He talk.
Even though this thing simple for one way, na still true say e require change wey go reach the root of your life. E reach the root because e require make you give yourself completely to wetin God want. Na because when God talk, His words get power and dem dey change person. And to do wetin His words talk go change our lives.
Today, think deeply about Jesus invitation to become member of His close family. Hear that invitation and answer “Yes.” And as you dey answer “Yes” to this invitation, make you ready and willing to allow His voice and wetin He want as God to change your life.
Lord, I accept Your invitation to become member of Your close family. Make I hear Your voice as You dey speak, and do everything wey You talk. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Picture: Christ meet Zebedee wife and children, by Paolo Veronese
