THURSDAY 16TH WEEK IN ORDINARY
TIME YEAR II
JEREMIAH 2:1-3,7-8,12-13, MATTHEW
13:10-17
REKINDLE YOUR INITIAL VIGOUR
As human beings, we make many
good plans for our lives. We think of what we want to achieve and we work
towards them. Many Christians pray to God and make promises that they fail to
fulfill when their prayers are answered. When we get what we want, we forget
that we are indebted to God.
In the first reading of today, we
hear the prophet Jeremiah admonish the people of Israel, that they had
forgotten all that God had done for them and have thrown away all the good
plans they had, but have followed false gods. The Israelites had good plans for
the promised land, but when they got there, they were overwhelmed with all that
God had provided for them and got carried away by the things of the world. Many
of us make good plans, but we turn to evil when we get what we want. You pray
for your business to be successful, to
achieve a goal, to hold a certain Office and the likes. When the prayer is answered,
you use the position and its benefits for evil. A politician said recently that
it was not as if he did not have good plans before entering the office, he was
only carried away by what he met in the Office. God is calling us to look back
at how we started, and what we have achieved so that we will be motivated again
to do good as we were before he answered our prayers. Many of us are seriously
praying to God today, will you still remember God and stick with your good
plans when he answers you? If he has answered and blessed you, are you still on
the right track? God help us. Amen
Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie MSP
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