Judgment Day

Matthew 7:21-29
“Not every one who says to me, `Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
On that day many will say to me, `Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
And then will I declare to them, `I never knew you; depart from me, you evildoers.’
“Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
And every one who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.”
And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

Homily:

On judgment day there will be a lot of surprises.

The Father, the Son and the Spirit are one and act as one.

To have a joyful surprise on judgment day, obey the commandments, as simplified in Matthew 22:37-40

“Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.””

Disobedience is a set-up, for a great fall.

Silence

Silence is the most misinterpreted feedback.

This is why leaders promote people to speak up using various channels. That is the only feedback loop that course corrects direction.

For people to speak up, leaders need to be open to all shades of feedback – good, bad and ugly.

If the feedback is good, ask for what can be done to make it better.

If the feedback is bad, ask for what can be done to make it good.

If the feedback is ugly, ask for what can be done to make it beautiful.

Solutions are more easily identified by those that identify the problem and working on the solutions of others as a leader, is the greatest signal that you respect their opinion.

How will you know when you’re doing it right? People will start telling you of solutions, before they share the problem.

– Osasu Oviawe