MAKE AN EFFORT TO SETTLE OR...
( Luke 12:54-59)
The word of Jesus today should be
enough for the wise. It is ad rem to the boiling situation of our country
Nigeria. The pandemonium, unrest and loss of lives and properties taking place
is because no good effort was made to settle properly. Those who should have
done the settlement were so complacent and took a lot for granted.
Jesus is teaching us how to use
wisdom from above to heal damages. A lot of damages were done to lives, human
rights, properties and dignity prior to this time. Demands were made but no
good effort was employed in order to hearken to the voices of peaceful
protesters crying out for justice.
That is what insensitivity can
cause. Jesus sees it as lack of the power to observe the signs of time. It is
very dangerous for one to be unable to see what is coming. Thus, Jesus calls
for the ability to interpret the present and ask oneself: which way forward? We
are in a hopeless situation today because of people who never read the signs of
our time. We are in the mess we are facing today because of leaders who never
believed that they will someday be held accountable for their deeds. We are
losing a lot today because of politicians and corrupt law enforcement agents
who thought that might will always be right.
The point Jesus is making is that
we should have realized our mistakes. That we ought to realize our failures now
before it becomes too late. Let us not be victims of hijacked revolution. Let
the Government stop taking the demands of the people for granted. Let their
speeches and actions be those that will pragmatically meet with the problems of
the people. Let there be an immediate solution to the worries of the people who
are praying and wishing that one day they will be proud of the country they
call theirs.
The message is: make an effort to
settle on the way lest...a drag. Let the people not be dragged to act more. Let
us not drag the killings too far. Let us settle and stop neglects, let us stop
the violation of human rights. Let us settle on the way by putting a final end
to unemployment of the youths, let us settle on the way by apologizing to the
youths for wasting their future so far and calling them lazy. Let us settle on
the way by promising the youths that they will no longer be used for thuggery
while their counterparts are abroad receiving the best of everything. Let there be a stop on the way to really
address the killings here and there and make a correct speech in humility and
respect for the people.
Let everything be settled at
once. Let there be a promise and decision to settle all the mismanagements and
misappropriations. Let's stop on the way and settle the lack of electricity,
the high price of fuel, the bad roads, the bad governance, the injustices etc.
Let us read the handwriting on
the wall and stop playing dirty politics with human life. Let everyone on his
own feel sorry for having in any way contributed to the evil befalling the
masses. Let us make hay while the sun shines. Let us work on ourselves now that
we are alive in order not to face God as our Judge for our commissions and
omissions. Let us reason together for a way forward if not...
Let us pray
Dear Lord and Father, we thank
you for revealing to us our foolishness in overlooking the signs of this time.
The things happening now are well-known to you. We refused to live according to
your good will for us. The vices of greed, avarice, wickedness, bribery and
corruption with brutality blinded us. We failed reading the handwriting on the
wall. We thank you for giving us another opportunity of settlement and righting
of wrongs. Make our leaders wise and humble, give them living souls to feel the
plight of the people. May the various agitations and rightful demands be
harmoniously met. May your peace, love and progress return and injuries healed
through Christ our Lord. Amen
God bless your Friday
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
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