May 23, 2023
Tuesday for di Seventh Week of Easter
Readings for Today
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“I don give You glory for earth by finishing di work wey You give Me to do. Now, Father, give Me glory together with You, with di glory wey I get with You before di world begin.” John 17:4–5
Saint Ignatius of Loyola base im great spiritual book, Di Spiritual Exercise Dem, on one main truth: God create human being to praise, honour, and serve God our Lord, and through this way, save im soul. Na this be di main meaning of wetin Ignatius call di “Main Rule and Foundation” of our life. For another way, our aim for life get two parts: First, we must try to give God di greatest glori wey we fit give through our life. And second, when we focus on this one aim, di result na di salvation of our soul dem.
For di Gospel passage wey dey above, Jesus talk about how He fulfil Im human life for earth perfectly by giving glori to di Father for Heaven. He do this as He finish di work wey di Father give Am to do.
If you dey look for purpose for your life, or you dey try discover wetin your life mean, you no need look any further. Jesus words wey dey above give you di best “main rule and foundation” for your life. We fit divide this message from our Lord into three lessons.
First, di Father truly get plan for your life. You dey try discover that plan? To know say God get plan for your life na di first step to carry am out. If you no know God plan, e go hard to carry am out. So, you dey try understand this plan each and every day?
Second, when you don understand wetin God want make you do for your daily life, you must carry out Im will. Sometimes, we dey fall for di trap of trying to do only part of wetin God want from us. Di problem with that way na say we fit truly carry out “one part” of God will. But that one no reach. We must aim to do am perfectly. We must make serious effort to fulfil God will completely for our life.
Third, if we fit truly carry out wetin God want for our life every day, then our life no go only give God glori for every way wey e fit, but we go also receive di blessing to share for God glori. To share for God glori na to share for God own life. E mean say God go dey live inside us, and we go share for di joy dem of Heaven. And e go begin here for earth. Why we go settle for di “joy” dem and pleasure dem of this earth, when God dey call us to share for delight wey pass anything wey we fit ever imagine for this world?
Today, reflect on how Jesus fulfil di Father will perfectly for Im human nature. Even though our Lord na God, He still be human being fully. So, He understand your human struggle dem and weakness dem perfectly. He know wetin you dey go through, and Im life as human being na di example wey you suppose follow for life. Reflect on Im human life and how He live in union with Im Father will every single day. Commit yourself to this mission wey no dey shake: to carry out di Father will completely for your life. Then you too go share for our Lord glori.
My Lord wey don receive glory, You now dey share fully, with Your human nature, for di joy and glory of Your Father for Heaven. As You dey do so, You dey invite me, no be only to follow di example of Your life for earth, but also to share for dat same glory for Heaven. Give me di grace wey I need, Lord wey I love, to finish everything wey di Father dey call me to do. Make my life follow Your example fully for every way, so dat one day, I go fit share for Your glory too. Jesus, na You I trust.
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