Reflection for Tuesday June 28, 2016
By Rev Fr. Moses Omeje
God so much loves the human beings he has created. He has desired all to be with him in eternity. Out catechism will tell us, “Chukwu kere m ka m mara ya, hụ ya n’anya, fee ya n’ụwa nke a, wee binyere ya n’anụrị ebighiebi n’ụwa ọzọ”. God is so passionate about that, “Israel, prepare to meet your God. “Amos 4:12. God will always warn us of impending doom and would tell us to come out from our wrong path and sinful lives. “You alone, of all the families of earth, have I acknowledged, therefore it is for all your sins that I mean to punish you”. Amos 3:2. God has done so much for the Israelites that he expects them to live better than they do. To whom much is given much is expected – Lk. 12:48. And yet they never came back to him. That was the way the people of Israel responded to the preaching of Amos. Have we Christians of today changed from the way the people of Amos’ time did. Have we started responding to the teachings of the magisterium? Have we started listening to the call to our Catholic identify? Again, how responsive are we to God’s grace, constantly inviting us to draw closer to him? Let us all change for good, so that God will not pass judgment on us.
What is that storm in your life that makes it difficult for you to come back to God, Jesus is there to calm it. Most significant in today’s gospel reading is not a revelation of Jesus’ power over nature but a promise that if we have faith, he can calm the storms in our lives. “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and sea obey him”. Mt. 8:27. For there is nothing impossible for God to do (Lk. 1:37). With faith in him the salvation of God will take place in your life. St. Irenaeus, pray for us. Ụbọchị ọma.
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