Monday of Week 15 Year A
GOSPEL
Matthew 10:34C11:1
Matthew 10:34C11:1
THE
TROUBLE WITH FAITHFULNESS.
The
Israelites were faithful to their God and he was blessing them with fruitful
marriages. Pharaoh and his people instead of seeking for their own way of
increasing in number they were busy have evil thoughts for the Israelites. The
Israelites were faithful to their God even when they were undergoing the hard
labour given to them by Pharaoh and his men. Seeing that Onye Chukwu goziri na
ogozigo ya they brought another way to subdue them.
Jesus
in the gospel, is also disposing us for the troubles attached to following him
or being faithful to him. The war Jesus is telling is that he brought to us is
not ogu egbe na mma but ogu okwukwe. It is not that type we think or we see in
films or the world. The war he is talking about is war of faith as St. Peter
said that we should be ready to defend our faith always. The war of truth, we
should say the truth always, we should stand on the truth always and fight for
truth. When we tell people the truth about their wrong doings, certainly they
will not be happy with us. They look for any means to fight us, to engage us in
a war. It is this type of war that Jesus is talking about. The trouble with
faithfulness is that people will hate us because of our faithfulness but we
should remember that it is only those who are steadfast till the end will be
given the unfading crown of Glory.
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