September 4, 2022
Sunday Nomba 23 for Ordinary Time (Yia C)
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“Who among una wey wan build tower no go first sit down calculate wetin e go cost, to see whether e get enough to finish am?” Luke 14:28
You don prepare for everything wey di Lord want from you? Dis short question above, wey no really need answer, na Jesus way to tell you say you suppose prepare. If you wan build tower, you suppose use wisdom plan ahead, and make sure say you get enough resources to finish am. Na so e still be for spiritual life. E dey very important make we sure say we get all di resources wey we need to choose to follow Christ.
Dis one bring di question, “Which resources I need to follow Christ?” Di answer dey simple. Jesus talk for di end of dis Gospel say, “For di same way, anybody among una wey no give up everything wey e get no fit be My disciple” (Luke 14:33). Dis one mean say, if we want get everything wey we need to do God will for our lives, we must hand over everything to God.
To be Christ disciple no be something wey we fit do with half our heart, even though plenty people dey try to do am like dat. When we choose to follow Am, e must be with all our heart. We must give ourselves completely, as dem dey talk. If not, we no go ever fit do everything wey our Lord ask us to do. Na God wey dey demand plenty, because He want everything from us. But dis thing wey our Lord dey demand na completely for our own good. We need to give Am everything if we want happiness and life wey truly satisfy us.
Today, think well about how ready and willing you dey to give every single part of your life to Christ. You dey willing to tell Am “Yes” no matter wetin happen? You dey willing to hold nothing back and “give up everything wey you get” if He ask you? You fit get plenty things, and even though our Lord fit no call you to actually give away all your property, you must still hand over everything wey you get and your whole self to Am. Na only then He fit give you wetin you need to carry out His will wey full of glory.
Lord, my life na Your own. Abeg, give me di grace to hand over everything wey make up my life to You, without holding anything back. I hand over my life, my money matters, my property, my family, my work and my whole future to You. Everything na Your own, dear Lord. Do wetin You want with me. Jesus, na You I trust.
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