GO INTO THE WORLD AND PREACH TO THE
WHOLE CREATION
(Mark 16:15-18)
Today the Church celebrates the
feast of the conversion of St Paul the Apostle. He was once opposing the Gospel
message till he encountered Christ and started promoting it. He wanted to stop
the message from spreading in Israel. But God use him to spread the message to
the whole of Roman empire.
What is it in you that is
opposing the message of God? What are the energies in you that you are
channelling wrongly? Convert these energies for good. Promote the course of the
message of Christ.
Allow Christ to throw you down.
You need to fall in order to rise in Christ. You need to fall under the unction
of the Holy Spirit in order to see the manifestation of the will of God for
you. Allow your human strength to fall so that the power of God will show
itself in you. Let the sinful
inclinations in you fall so that the holy inspirations may flow.
Convert your loyalty just as the
loyalty of Saul was converted. Obey the law of God and the laws of the world.
Convert from leading to
following. Stop leading people to oppose God. Follow the Apostles who followed
Christ to lead people to heaven.
The feast of today is about one
who went into the world and transformed the world of his time with the power of
the word. Let's in our own time preach to the world from wherever we are. By
the time the politicians preach to the world of politics, the medical
practitioners preach to the world of health, the lawyers preach to the legal
world, the businessmen preach to the world of business, the world will be a be
a better place, our states, Nigeria, Africa and indeed the whole universe will
be converted unto Christ.
May God who have sent us into
this world give us the spiritual enablement to make the whole creation what He
wants them to be.
LET US PRAY
Thank You Lord for the conversion
of St Paul. Thank You for proving to us
that conversion is possible. Thank you for teaching us that no matter how bad
we are that You can still change us for good. Give us a changed heart O Lord
and help us to be and bring the positive change needed in the world through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
St Paul, Pray for us.
God bless your Monday (Week 3,
Ordinary Time, Yr B)
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
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