FULL CHRISTIAN OBEDIENCE!
GOSPEL READING: Luke 7. 1 – 10

Is the Christian Church going through times when God continues speaking and saying “Christian, go, and we go; or come and we come?” Is each Christian Believer living such blessed times when Jesus says “Love your neighbour and we do so; give to the poor and to those in need, and we obey, visit the sick and the prisoners and we step in the ministry, fast and pray and we go on ?”. Frances Havergal’s well-known Poem has always awaken me to full obedience to God:

“Take my love, my God, I pour
At thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee,
Ever, only, all for Thee !”

A young man named Humble served at the king’s court for several years. He was so humble and kind, obedient and faithful, that the king loved him so much. One day, the king invited him at lunch where the whole king’s family and many respected guests were assembled. At the end of the meal, the monarch stood up and said : “Dear honourable visitors, dear family members, this special day was organized to welcome my beloved servant “Humble” as one of my true family members from now. I wish to let you know that due to his humility and kindness and his full obedience and faithfulness, I have decided to take him as my own son and from now, he will be one of my princes. The king continued saying: “Furthermore, I wish Humble married with Princess “Blessed”, my elder daughter and I do invite all of you to the ceremony of their official wedding within three months.

Weeks passed but Princess “Blessed” didn’t feel loving Mr. Humble who continued to be a servant at the king’s court. She loved another respected Prince from the neighbour country. The fixed day came and everybody was at the king’s court where many honourable guests had been invited too. Best dancers and musicians from all the regions of the country were there under a shinning sunny day, all drinking and eating various kinds of food and rejoicing. Then the king stood up to speak and pronouncing a very long speech he introduced Mr. Humble as his son-in law and everybody shouted with joy clapping their hands. Then the king wanted the protocol to bring Princess “Blessed” so that she might be seen by all his guests. As they brought her in slowly, she jumped immediately and ran away out of the courtyard and disappeared in the mountains around. Nobody followed her.

Then Mr. Humble the servant stood up and said : “Your Majesty the king, many thanks for the great blessing you grant me with Princess “Blessed”. Consequently, please, allow me to follow her until I get her back as my beloved wife and live with here according to your word.”

And so Mr. Humble was allowed to go. He turned all around in the mountains and finally found Princess “Blessed” seated up on a branch in a very high tree. He decided to cut the tree but quickly realized that once the tree would fall down, his beloved Princess would also die. Thus he returned back to the king’s court but told nobody what was going on. He quickly took a dog and a goat with him along with vegetables and some fresh beef meat. He returned to the mountains and sat under the tree in which his beloved Princess was. He started giving the vegetables to the dog and the beef meat to the goat. Unfortunately, the dog couldn’t eat the vegetables nor the goat eat the meat. Mr. Humble beat them seriously.

From the branch where she was seated, Princess “Blessed” cried down to Mr. Humble and said: “Are you crazy, young man! Have you ever seen a dog eating vegetables and a goat eating beef?” But Mr. Humble continued serving the animals the same as he had done earlier. So, furious, Princess “Blessed” came down slowly from the tree in order to show Mr. Humble what he should do. And as she approached him, he jumped and took her in his hands and kissed her saying: “I was crazy because you had escaped and were so far from me. But now, that you come back and allow me to obey to the King’s word and have you as my beloved wife, I am no longer crazy, and so I can serve the dog with the meat and the goat with the vegetables.”

“…Blessed are those who hear…and take to heart what is written…because the time is near” (Revelation 1:3)

In Christ’s love

Bishop, Dr. Justin Baransananikiye
President,
CHRISTIANS STRENGTHENING CHRISTIANS,
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