WORDS OF LIVING WATERS DAILY INSPIRATION
Monday, 27th April, 2026.
Theme: God’s Salvation is for all
(Acts 11:1-18, Ps 42, Jn 10: 1-10)
The Lord Jesus didn’t come for a particular group of people. He came for the entire humanity. The apostles and the disciples heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. But those of the circumcision party criticized Peter and the others for going to the gentiles and even eating with them. These were the Jewish Christians who held a strong view that non -Jews must be circumcised before being accepted as Christians. But Peter explained to them that it was Jesus who revealed himself to him. Indicating that his salvation is also for the gentiles. In other words, he shouldn’t discriminate against the gentiles, thinking that they don’t deserve to be part of the community of believers. They are also part of his family of believers.The only qualification to be part of this family is the fact of accepting him as your personal savior. God’s salvation is for all.
The gentiles also received the Holy Spirit when they believed in Jesus Christ, just as the apostles and the disciples also received it, according to Peter. God doesn’t discriminate, it is we humans who discriminate. One thing we should know is that Christianity began among the Jews. The apostles and the first disciples of Jesus were all Jews. It was later that it spread to the non-Jewish communities. In fact, this issue became a serious one among the early believers. Paul had to fight the circumcision party which included some apostles. He rather emphasized on spiritual circumcision, that is faith in Jesus as the only requirement of one becoming a Christian. Remember he was the Apostle to the gentiles.
It doesn’t matter where you are coming from or the kind of life you have lived before, God can still use you. Just avail yourself. You can become a great instruments of God. Don’t belittle yourself or look down upon yourself. Thinking that you are nobody to become an instrument of God. You are more than qualified provided you accept his message of salvation. You don’t need to come from a recognized Christian home or a prominent family. If God was able to use gentiles to accomplish his mission, then he can use you. We have had great people of God who were fetish priests and what have you. Some of these people are coming from typical fetish homes. But today they have become great instruments of God. They have even succeeded in converting almost their entire family.
Sometimes some of us behave like the Jews who thought that God was for them alone. Others were not qualified to be called children of God. We also think that some people don’t deserve to even be in the church. We are the only true children of God. Why because maybe we think we are holier than the others. We are living a perfect live, whiles others are very sinful people. We have even taken the place of God in our churches and societies.
Please God is not for you alone. He is the father of all. God indicated this in the first reading of today. Heaven is not for you alone, you can’t even enjoy that place alone. Heaven is too big for you alone, therefore allow others to also have the chance of joining you there. God loves everybody including the worst sinner that you think is going to hell. Those people must also be helped to know Jesus. Don’t be selfish with the salvation message, because it is not for you alone.
May the Holy Spirit help us always not to look down upon people in his house . Amen .
Have a Blessed week. Shalom.
Rev. Fr. Akakpo Matthew
