Day: January 11, 2020

gods

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“I said, ‘You are “gods”; you are all sons of the Most High.'” – Psalm 82:6

Many take this passage in isolation and present themselves as all-seeing, all-knowing and all-deciding.

They conveniently exclude the preceding verse –

“The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.” – Psalm 82:5

And then the even more stunning following verse,

“But you will die like mere mortals; you will fall like every other ruler.” – Psalm 82:7

Be careful when you choose the path of a god.

– Osasu Oviawe

Default Yes or No

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1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.

Homily:

There is a confidence in a daughter that has the ears of her father. It is difficult to explain, but all men come to respect her. Including her mother.

There is a confidence in an employee that has the ears of her boss. It will serve you well to respect her.

There is a confidence in a human that has the ears of God. Humanity goes to them.

Interestingly, we all have the ears of those with significant influence in our lives. The difference is that while some get a default “yes” to their requests, others get a default “no”.

Those that get a default “yes”, have a recurring pattern of obedience, gratitude, care and courage.
Those that get a default “no”, have a recurring pattern of disobedience, entitlement, complaint and irresponsibility.

What you find is that those who get a default “yes” from God, started by saying a default “yes” to God.
And those who get a default “no” from God, started by saying a default “no” to God.

The same applies in all relationships.