CONFRONT THE FOX FORCES
(Luke 13:31-35)
The Pharisees came to Jesus with
these words: "Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you". Jesus
said to them: "Go and tell that fox Behold I cast out demons and perform
cures...I finish my course"
Jesus teaches us the attitude we
should put up in the face of the various forces against the positive courses we
have begun. Such forces use every means possible to send emissaries with the
message of fear. They claim to love your life, to care about your safety but
they are really after aborting the good in you. They want to kill your desire
to do good. They want to frustrate your aspiration for greatness. They want to
quench the burning zeal in you to make a positive change. They want to put off
the fire of revolution against evil. Their aim is to make you not to protest
against injustice and evil. They want you to be selfish. They present you with
a distraction which has to do with self-preservation for you to stop the war
aimed at preserving the good of the people. They can bribe you; they may
intimidate you. They are the foxes.
They bark. Foxes are related to
wolves. They are carnivorous. They are very cunning too. I learnt also that
foxes can be playful among themselves and are good parents. Never mind the
playfulness and good parenting. They are wild and mean.
In the wild nature of the fox it
seeks only to kill and eat. The Herods of our own generation are the fox forces
we should address. They kill the present and future of our people and eat and
milk them dry. They play among themselves. Yes, we see them among the bourgeois
who only marry themselves, do businesses with only their class and work
together to put every other visionary down. Of course, they are good parents.
They love their children but care nothing about the children of others. They give
their wives and families the best of everything. They can kill the whole world
to take care of their own. They are "Ogbu mmadu ndu na agu",
they want theirs to live while others should be crushed. They celebrate death
till it comes to them.
Jesus wants us to rise and
confront these foxes in our lives. They know how to silence the voices of truth
with money, with empty promises, with lies and sweet talks. Their target is for
you not to actualize your mission and realize your goal. Say no to their forces.
Refuse to be intimidated. Don't allow any evil to silence the good in you.
Have you started any just course?
Don't allow any fox to crush it up before the time. Have you started the fight against
corruption? Ride on. Have you began to work on your spiritual life? Don't stop.
Have you started the practice of daily reading of the Bible? Don't listen to
that fox. Having you started building that your marriage that nearly crashed?
Continue. Are you walking away from sorrows and troubles in your life? Never mind
the fox.
Just send words to the fox as
Jesus did: Go and tell that fox that the good work of God in my life must come
to fulfilment. My life and death will only be to the glory of God.
Let us pray
O Lord Jesus, I believe you have
begun a good work in my life. I have the desire to work for you. It is my wish
to live my life totally for your sake. But look and see, a lot of foxes are
around me; the spiritual foxes, political foxes, religious foxes, economic
foxes, social foxes, moral foxes. Spare my life from them all. Give me the
courage to confront them standing on the authority of your word. May I never
depart from where you have positioned me in fear of the fox forces of this
world through Christ our Lord. Amen
God bless your Thursday
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
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