25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mark 9:30-37 Sa buhay ng tao ...

Kaya ang gustong ipahatid sa at<strong>in</strong> ng scripture na ito; don’t seek someth<strong>in</strong>g for own pleasure
but seek for good of others. Dib a nasabi ko sa <strong>in</strong>yo na ang mga biyaya ng Diyos na nakahanda
para sa at<strong>in</strong> bago pa tayo isilang.
Ang karamihan sa at<strong>in</strong> ay dasal ng dasal pero di nat<strong>in</strong> makamit ang mga biyayang <strong>in</strong>aasam
nat<strong>in</strong>. Bakit?
James 4:3 Even when you do ask, you don’t get it because your whole motive is wrong-you
want only what will give you pleasure. Kaya kung kayo ay mananalang<strong>in</strong> sa Diyos upang
hum<strong>in</strong>gi ng biyaya but if your motive is wrong for that bless<strong>in</strong>g, forget it, You will never get it.
(if you serve the Lord Jesus you will surely receive bless<strong>in</strong>gs)
2 Cor<strong>in</strong>thians 9:8 . . . God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have
everyth<strong>in</strong>g you need and plenty left over to share with others.
God gives generously and abundantly. His gifts to us are beyond imag<strong>in</strong>ation.
Proverbs 19:17 . . . If you help the poor, you are lend<strong>in</strong>g to the Lord-and he will repay you! (we
receive bless<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> so many diff. ways)
Ano ang unang <strong>in</strong>iisip nat<strong>in</strong> kapag tayo nakahahawak ng malak<strong>in</strong>g halaga? (Expla<strong>in</strong>)
Philippians 2:4 . . .” Don’t th<strong>in</strong>k only about your own affairs, but be <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> others, too,
and what they are do<strong>in</strong>g.” Kaya ang paglil<strong>in</strong>gkod sa Diyos ay may kalakip na pagtitiis.
<strong>Sa</strong>bi r<strong>in</strong> 1 Peter 2;21 “Ang pagtitiis ng hirap ay bahagi ng paghirang ng Diyos sa <strong>in</strong>yo,
b<strong>in</strong>igyan niya kayo ng halimbawang dapat tularan.”
What is my po<strong>in</strong>t tell<strong>in</strong>g you this? Dapat nat<strong>in</strong>g tandaan; that possessions, position, power that
you ga<strong>in</strong> for your pleasure are worthless. Why? Whatever you have on earth is only temporary;
it cannot be exchanged for your soul.
Kaya noong k<strong>in</strong>along ni Jesus ang bata at s<strong>in</strong>abi; V32 “Whoever welcomes a child such as this
for my sake welcomes me. And whoever welcomes me welcomes, not me, but him who sent me.”
It means that when we receive Jesus, we actually “enter” or “received <strong>in</strong>to” his K<strong>in</strong>gdom.
He used the child as the symbol of no real power or <strong>in</strong>fluence, iyon iyong mga mahihirap, mga
api, iyong mga ulila, mga may sakit, mga sawi at mga kapos palad. Kaya kapag g<strong>in</strong>awa n<strong>in</strong>yo
ito, we recognize Jesus and get the reward for our entrance <strong>in</strong>to his k<strong>in</strong>gdom.
Ang sabi ni Jesus <strong>Mark</strong> 8:38 ” ang s<strong>in</strong>umang nahihiyang kumilala sa ak<strong>in</strong> sa harapan ng iba ay
ikahihiya ko r<strong>in</strong> sa harap ng ak<strong>in</strong>g Amang nasa langit.”
Kaya huwag nat<strong>in</strong>g aksayah<strong>in</strong> ang panahon sa mga bagay na alam nat<strong>in</strong>g magbibigay lamang ng
pansamantalang kaligayahan, kundi samantalah<strong>in</strong> nat<strong>in</strong> na makagawa tayo ng bagay na
ikabubuti n gat<strong>in</strong>g kapwa at panatili<strong>in</strong>g matibay sa at<strong>in</strong>g pananampalataya.
1 Peter 1:5-6 “<strong>Sa</strong>pakat kayo’y sumasampalataya, i<strong>in</strong>gatan kayo ng kapangyarihan ng Diyos
samantalang h<strong>in</strong>ih<strong>in</strong>tay n<strong>in</strong>yo ang kaligtasang nakalaang ihayag sa katapusan ng mga
panahon.”
Kaya mga kapatid, it<strong>in</strong>uturo sa at<strong>in</strong> nang at<strong>in</strong>g ebanghelyo ngayon na manatili tayong lagg<strong>in</strong>g
magpakumbaba. <strong>Sa</strong>pagka’t habang tayo’y nag papakumbaba, lalo naman tayong itataas ng
Diyos. Amen