September 2, 2022
Fraide for Wik 22 for Ordinary Time
Di Readings for Today
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“Nobody dey pour wain wey new inside old akpa akpukpo. If dem do so, di new wain go burst di akpa dem, di wain go pour troway, and di akpa dem go spoil. Instead, dem must pour wain wey new inside fresh akpa akpukpo.” Luke 5:37
Wetin be dis new wain? And wetin be di old akpa akpukpo dem? Di new wain na di new life of grace wey God don bless us with for plenty, and di old akpa akpukpo dem na di old nature wey sin don spoil for us and di old law. Wetin Jesus dey tell us be say, if we wan receive His grace and mercy for our life, we must allow Am to change our old self make we become new creation, and accept di new law of grace.
You don become new creation? You don allow your old self to die so dat di new person fit rise again? Wetin e mean to become new creation for Christ, so dat di new wain of grace fit pour enter your life?
To become new creation for Christ mean say we dey live life for one level wey new completely, and we no dey hold on to our old ways again. E mean say God dey do mighty things for our life wey pass anything we fit ever do by our own power. E mean say we don become new “akpa akpukpo” wey fit receive God as E dey pour Himself enter us. And e mean say dis new “wain” na di Holy Spirit wey dey take hold of our life and make am His own.
For di way we dey live, if we don become new creation for Christ, then we don ready well to receive di grace of di Sacraments and everything wey dey come our way through daily prayer and worship. But di first thing we must aim for na to become dose new akpa akpukpo. So how we go do dis?
We dey do am through Baptism, and after dat, by choosing with full mind to turn away from sin and accept di Gospel. But dis command wey God give all of us, to turn away from sin and accept di Gospel, na wetin we must choose with full mind and live out every day. As we dey make clear decisions every day, with full mind, to turn to Christ for everything we dey do, we go discover say di Holy Spirit dey suddenly pour di new wain of grace enter our life, with power and without delay. We go discover new peace and joy wey go fill us, and we go get strength wey pass wetin we fit do by our own power.
Today, think deep about whether you truly be new creation for Christ or not. You don turn away from your old way and remove di chains wey bin tie you? You don accept di new Gospel for all its fullness, and you dey allow God every day to pour di Holy Spirit enter your life?
Lord, abeg, make You make me new creation. Change me and make me completely new again. Make my new life inside You be life wey dey always receive Your grace and mercy as You dey pour dem out in full. Jesus, na You I trust.
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