Wednesday of 29th Week, Year II: reflection
Theme: God will demand more from you if He has blessed you more.
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Readings: Eph. 3:2-12;
Lk 12:39-48
Dear friends in Christ, anyone who invests a
significant amount of money and energy would naturally anticipate a substantial
income; he will expect an output commensurate with the resources invested.
God created every one of us uniquely according
to His design, equipping everyone with a unique set of abilities according to
His design and purpose. A simple look at humans will undoubtedly reveal the existence
of obvious differences. Some people are taller, more beautiful or handsome, more
wealthy materially, more intelligent, have better opportunities in life, have
complete bodily features, are multi-talented, stronger than others, and so on.
All these are according to the design of God. He also expects everyone to bear
fruit in proportion to the resources He deposited in them. Jesus reminded His
disciples of this obvious fact in today’s gospel when He told them that
“everyone to whom much is given, of him much will be required.”
In today’s first reading, St. Paul told the
Ephesian Christians about the rare privilege God granted him and the apostles
to know more about the hidden divine mysteries. He told them that it was
because of such an uncommon privilege that they went the extra mile to teach
nations about the truth of God and salvation in Him. The special privilege
granted to them by God filled them with the zeal to serve Him more than others.
In a similar way, everyone who has been blessed
by God in a way that others were not—whether it be in height, opportunity,
material wealth, good health, strength, better physical attributes, talents,
etc.—should feel a special zeal to make a greater contribution to the welfare
of humanity than others in that special area. This is especially true because
the one who blessed us more than others is coming at an hour we do not know,
according to today’s gospel, to demand from us an account of what we did with
the extra He gave us. Therefore, let all be ready.
May your Wednesday
bear good fruits, Amen.
Fr. Isaac C. Chima
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