July 20, 2022
Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial wey no be compulsory
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“But some seed fall for ground wey fertile well, and dem bear fruit, hundred times or sixty times or thirty times. Anybody wey get ear suppose hear.” Matthew 13:8-9
The “ear” wey Jesus dey talk about pass the ear wey dey our body by far. Na our inner life E dey talk about, wey through am we fit hear, understand, accept and choose His holy will. E dey speak His Word to us for many ways. The question wey we suppose think about na whether we dey listen and whether we ready to let His Word enter deep inside us. Na only when we pay attention to His Word we fit accept His will with all our heart.
Our soul must be like ground wey fertile well. We don hear this picture from Scripture many times, but e still worth make we spend plenty time dey meditate on am. To make our soul become ground wey fertile well no easy. E far easier for our soul to be like dry ground wey get thorn and stone, and wey no dey welcome seed. But to help our inner life become truly rich and fertile like good ground, we need plenty care and attention. How we fit do this?
One of the most important ways to begin, so that our soul go become ground wey fertile well, na to strive for true humility. Wetin humility really mean na to see the truth about who we be and, especially, to see how we need God grace for our life. To admit with humility say we no get power without God grace na something we must do for our inner life to become ground wey fertile well.
From there, we must reach the point where we go trust God completely. When we first humble ourselves and recognize say we need God completely, we go fit trust Am when E speak. And when E speak, we go listen and obey with joy. Na only then the good fruit of His mercy fit pour enter our life and, through us, enter other people life.
Today, reflect on your inner life. Wetin dey there? E be more like dry ground wey full of stone? Or you dey regularly try to nourish your soul and prepare am to receive the holy Word of God? Try to make your heart ready like fertile ground, and the Lord go take care of how your life go bear good fruit.
Lord of true richness, help me make I truly become fertile ground for Your most holy Word. Make I receive everything wey You dey speak, and make the seed of faith enter deep inside me as dem plant am. Help this faith to grow and produce the blessings wey You want give. Jesus, na You I trust.
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