REFLECTION FOR THE 17TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A.
THEME: Mind what you desire!
BY: Rev Fr Oselumhense Anetor (Uromi Diocese).
1 Kings 3: 5.7-12; Ps.119:57 and 72.76-77.127-128. 129-130; Rom. 8:28-30; Matt.13:44-52
One day, a poor family prayed, asking God to send them a helper. God sent an angel to grant them any three things they wished. The angel came and said to the woman, ‘ask any three things and I will grant them to you’. The woman was overjoyed that God had finally heard their prayers. She thought of money, cars and houses. But because she was so hungry at that moment, she wished for a pot of fried rice to appear on the fire. This happened immediately. Her husband, just coming in from the farm, didn’t know what was going on. He saw something on the fire and went straight to open it. His wife was so angry he wished the pot would stick to his head. Instantly, the hot pot left the fire and attached itself to her husband’s head. It was then the woman realised that she had no other choice left but to wish the pot off her husband’s head, and that’s how all three wishes were wasted on a pot of fried rice.
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Friends, in life we must be PURPOSELY and INTENTIONAL about what we wish, pray, and work for. When God asked Solomon to ask for anything, Solomon knew he could have asked for fame, for riches, for the death of all his enemies, yet he CHOSE wisdom. And for this reason, he was given much more. It was this wisdom that the woman in our story starter lacked. We need Divine Wisdom to realise that God is intentional about us. He chose us, predestined us, called us, justified us, and glorified us. This wisdom helps us dig deep as we go about our daily affairs, to discover the treasure that is God’s plan for us. This treasure is worth selling everything for. We may say we’re unworthy, but God’s dragnet is wide and open enough to catch us all. We must strive therefore to conform to God’s will enough to be found worthy of Heaven at the end of life’s race, Amen.
Good morning dear. Have an amazing Sunday!
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