False Picture Wey We Dey Show About Ourselves

November 5, 2022
Satide for di 31st Wik for Ordinary Time
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Farisii dem, wey love money, hear all these things come mock Jesus. Jesus come tell dem, “Una dey make unaselves look righteous for other people eye, but God know wetin dey una heart; because wetin people dey value na wetin God hate well-well.” Luke 16:14-15

“God know wetin dey person heart!” Na great truth wey we suppose understand deep for our heart. Plenty times for life, we dey get wrong idea about other people, and other people dey get wrong idea about us. This passage touch the root of this habit wey Farisii dem get: to show other people false picture of themselves, while dem no too care about the truth wey dey inside dem, wey na only God know.

So wetin matter pass to you? Which one you prefer? Na wetin other people think about you dey concern you pass, or na the truth about your life as God see am?

This struggle fit take two forms. For one side, like Farisii dem, we fit dey try hard to show other people wetin we no really be, while God know the full truth and know the false picture wey we dey try show. For the other side, we fit find out say other people get false picture of who we be, and this fit pain us well-well. When this happen, we fit begin vex for other people and begin defend ourselves without good reason and pass the way we suppose do.

But wetin dey important? Wetin we suppose put mind for? Na di truth matter, and we no suppose put too much mind for wetin God no put mind for. Na only wetin dey God’s mind and wetin E think about us and our lives we suppose put mind for.

Today, think deep about how you dey worry over wetin other people think about you. Know say God want make you live honest life wey go show who you truly be. No be like Farisii dem wey put all their mind for the sweet but false picture wey other people get about dem. Make na only to live for truth and wetin dey God heart concern you, and leave the rest for Am. For the end, na only that one matter.

Lord, help me see wetin dey Your heart, and help me put mind only for how You dey see me. I know say You love me, and I know say You want make I live fully for di truth. Make Your love guide my life for everything. Jesus, na You I trust.

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