Satide, January 2, 2021
Weekday for Christmas Season
Readings for Today
Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory Nazianzen, Bishọp dem and Doctor dem of di Church—Memorial
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“Na water I dey use baptize; but one person dey among una wey una no recognize, the one wey dey come after me, wey I no worthy to loose the strap of His sandal.” John 1:26–27
Now wey our Christmas Octave don finish, we begin at once to look ahead to the ministry wey our Lord go do. For our Gospel today, na Saint John the Baptist dey point us to that ministry wey Jesus go do. E acknowledge say im mission to baptize with water na for some time only, and na just preparation for the One wey dey come after am.
As we don see for several of our Advent readings, Saint John the Baptist na man wey get deep humility. The way e admit say e no worthy even to loose the straps of Jesus sandal show say this one na true. But the surprising thing be say, na this humble admission make am so great!
You want make you be great? Deep inside, all of us want am. This desire dey go together with the desire for happiness wey dey inside us from birth. We want make our lives get meaning and purpose, and we want make our lives bring good change. The question na “How?” How you go do this one? How you go truly become great?
For the way the world dey see am, to be great fit often mean the same thing as to succeed, get riches, get power, make other people admire you, and so on. But for the way God dey see am, we dey become great when we use our lives give God all the glory we fit give Am, with humble heart.
To give God all the glory dey affect our lives for two ways. First, when we do so, e dey allow us live according to the truth about life. The truth be say na God, and only God, deserve all our praise and glory. Every good thing dey come from God, and only God. Second, when we give God all the glory with humble heart and acknowledge say we no worthy of Am, God in turn dey reach down to us and lift us up to share for Im life and Im glory.
Today, reflect on how God dey call you to follow the humility of Saint John the Baptist. No ever draw back from humbling yourself before the greatness and glory of God. To do so no go reduce your worth or stop you from becoming great. Instead, na only when you humble yourself deeply before the glory of God, God fit draw you enter the greatness of Im own life and mission.
Lord, I give all glory and praise to You, and to You alone. Na You be the source of every good thing; without You, I be nothing. Help me to dey humble myself before You all the time, so that I fit share for the glory and greatness of Your life of grace. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Main picture above: John the Baptist Dey Preach, by Domenico Ghirlandaio
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