July 28, 2021
Wenesde for the Seventeenth Week for Ordinary Time
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Jesus tell im disciples say: “The Kingdom of heaven be like treasure wey dem bury for farm, wey one person find and hide again. Because of the joy wey e get, e go sell everything wey e get, come buy that farm.” Matthew 13:44
The Gospel for today give us two parables wey short well-well and resemble each other. For the first one, wey we quote above, dem compare the Kingdom of Heaven to “treasure.” For the second parable, dem compare the Kingdom of Heaven to “pearl wey get great value.” Even though these parables resemble each other well-well, small-small differences still dey wey we suppose think deeply about. E be like say the person find the treasure wey the first parable talk about almost by chance. The person just “find” am. This one different from the second parable, because the trader wey find the pearl wey get great value find am after e don “search” for am.
Many times, we dey come across the Treasure of the Gospel even when we no dey look for am. This one dey happen anytime God step into our lives to help us when we no ask Am to do so. For example, if person do something out of love for you without you asking for am, na God dey give you treasure from Im Kingdom. Or if person share im faith with you, or share something wey God inspire am to understand, this one na truly treasure wey God give you. The problem be say, many times when we receive these treasures of the Gospel, we no always see dem as treasures. For example, imagine say the person for this parable just come across the treasure for the farm but no open am because e no really care. E see am from far, e wan know small wetin dey inside the box, but e no put enough effort to open the box and look inside. If na so e happen, the person no go get any reason to go sell everything wey e get so that e fit buy the farm where the treasure dey.
One clear message wey this first parable show us be say we must pay attention to the treasures of God’s grace wey too many to count, wey E dey give us every single day. God dey give us grace so freely and plenty, sotey we dey truly come across Im grace all the time. So, e dey very important make we get eyes to recognise wetin E dey do and ears to hear Im Voice.
The second message wey these two parables clearly give us be say, once we discover the grace wey God dey give us every day, we must nurture strong desire for that grace inside ourselves, sotey we go ready to do anything wey dey necessary to receive am. Na through the gift of faith we dey discover am, but after we discover am through faith, we must get zeal wey go move our will to follow wetin we don discover.
Today, think deeply about two things. First, you don discover the treasures wey God don give you? If you no fit answer this one straight, e likely mean say plenty still dey wey you never discover. Secondly, as you dey discover the riches wey come with the gift of faith, you don allow wetin God don tell you to fill your whole heart, sotey you ready to sell everything wey you get? This one mean say you ready to do anything wey e go take to accept more of everything wey God wan give you. Make firm decision to continue this holy search, and you go find out say the riches of grace wey you receive get value wey no get limit.
My Lord wey get all riches, every day You dey give me and all Your children grace wey too plenty to count. The treasures of Your mercy get value wey no get limit. Abeg, open my eyes make I fit see, and my ears make I fit hear, so that I go discover everything wey You wan give me. Make na only You and the riches of Your Kingdom fill my whole heart and be wetin my whole life dey focus on. Jesus, na You I trust.
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