November 19, 2023
Di 33rd Sunday for Ordinary Time (Yia A)
Readings for Today
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Jesus tell His disciples dis parable: “One man wey wan travel call im servants and put im property for their care. E give one five talents; e give another one two; e give di third one one—each one according to wetin e fit handle. Then e travel.” Matthew 25:14–15
Plenty people dey dream to do great things for dis life. People wey dey do sports dey dream to win championship. People wey dey do business dey dream to make their business grow. Artists and actors dey dream to become people wey everybody sabi. For almost everything wey we dey do, we dey dream to do am very well. Dis strong desire na part of di natural desires wey God don give us.
For di part of our life wey matter pass, we must still try our best to do well. Which part of our life matter pass? Na di call wey we don receive to serve di will of God. So, we must try our best to join our natural desire to do things very well with our faith, so dat we go get di strong desire to fulfil di glorious mission wey God don put for each one of us hand.
We must see every natural ability wey we get as gift wey God give us to bring glory to Him and to make His Kingdom grow for earth. For our parable today, di man wey travel put plenty money for di care of each of im servants. E put five talents for one person care; two for another person care; and one for di third person care. Talent na measurement wey dem dey use for precious metals like silver or gold. For today money value, one talent of silver go worth about $30,000 USD. Dat na plenty money wey e put for each of dis servants care. But when di master return, e call dis first gift wey e give each person small amount, and then e promise to put plenty money for di care of di two servants wey use di talents well.
As human beings dey see things, we suppose see di natural gifts wey God don give us as something wey plenty well-well. But as God dey see things, we must see every natural gift from God as only di beginning. God still get plenty more wey E want give us. To receive all dat plenty grace, we must first use wetin dem don give us well for God glory and to make His Kingdom grow.
Wetin our Lord don put for your care? Which gifts and talents you get? As you dey think about your natural talents, think about how well you dey use dem to serve God. To use your natural abilities only for yourself na di same as to refuse to use dem for God. Di master tell di one man wey e put one talent for im care and wey no do anything with am, “You wicked, lazy servant!” Then e collect di one talent from am and give am to di person wey get ten, wey take good care of di master money. Na so e still be for our life: if we no dedicate our natural abilities to serve God, we go lose even di small one wey we get. But if we join our natural desire to do great things with di call to serve di will of God, then di plenty grace wey God go give us no go get limit.
Today, think about how serious you dey work to fulfil di will of God for your life. If you feel say you no fit make much difference, try to comot dat thought from your mind. Try to do small things well. Work to make your love for God and your neighbour more perfect for your everyday life. Commit yourself to prayer every day. Try your best to comot every sin from your life. Do di small things well, and God go look dis small offerings with joy and turn dem to grace wey plenty pass measure.
Lord wey dey give pass all, You don put one particular mission for life for my care. Make I work to do dat mission very well, even if e look small and like say e no matter. As I dey do am, abeg pour Your plenty blessings of grace on me, so dat I go do very well to give You di greatest glory wey I fit give, and You go use me more to bring Your Kingdom come for earth. Jesus, na You I trust.
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