November 13, 2022
Sunday Nọmba 33 for Ordinary Time, Year C
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“Make una take care so dem no go deceive una, because plenty people go come for my name, dey talk say, ‘Na me be am,’ and ‘The time don come.’ Make una no follow dem!” Luke 21:8
This na statement wey make person think well. Wetin e mean? Who be the “plenty people” wey Jesus dey talk about? Dem dey among us today?
E fit no help us to dey point to this person or that person, or this group or that group, as we dey talk about di “many” wey go lie say dem come for Jesus name. But e go help us to talk about some general principles wey fit guide us.
First, Jesus use di word “deceive.” Plenty false prophets go dey wey go fit deceive people. Dem go present demself as messengers of di truth and people wey dey pass God will on to others. Their words go sound convincing, and plenty people go follow dem.
This dey tell us say no be everybody wey dey “talk for God name” really dey talk for “God name.” And even if plenty other people dey follow dem, and dem sabi convince people well, this no prove say the person na true prophet of the Lord.
How we fit recognise when person dey speak from Jesus heart? In the end, na only when we dey live for prayer we fit do this. To “dey live for prayer” mean say our hearts dey ready to recognise and listen to God voice. When God speak through this person or that person, and our hearts dey listen to Him, we go just recognise His voice as E dey speak through the person.
On the other hand, when we dey live for true prayer and person come talk message wey false and wey dey deceive, something no go settle well for our mind. Deep inside our souls, we go sense say something no right. Na spiritual sense this go be, and e dey come because our conscience dey work well. Things outside us fit guide us, like the teaching of the Church wey God don reveal and the advice of other good Christians. But in the end, we must allow God to speak inside our conscience and follow His voice for this holy sanctuary.
Today, think well whether you dey seek and hear God as E dey speak to you deep inside your conscience every day. Listen well and pay attention. Learn to recognise His voice, and try to hear Him as E dey speak through other people. And when other people voice dey against the voice wey dey speak inside your soul, remain faithful to God wey dey speak inside you. Na there, pass any other place, E go guide you.
Lord, give me di grace to know Your voice and hear am. I choose You above everything, and I want know You more clearly. Make I follow You now and always for my life, and make di plenty false prophets for our time never deceive me. Jesus, na You I trust.
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