Galatians 3:1-5 / Luke 12:5-13
It seems like it takes more mouth muscles to say “yes” than to say “no”.
We can say “no” even without opening much of our lips, but to say “yes” we have to stretch our lips.
So, saying no to request for favours is our instinctive response.
In the gospel, Jesus tells a parable to point out our response to requests that do not seem to be of any benefit to us.
Not only are there no benefits, it will also cause inconvenience for us.
But when a person is truly in need of a favour from us, what would our response be?
Before we consider how inconvenient and troublesome it would be for us, let us remember those times when we turned to the Lord in our time of need.
Jesus tells us that God loves us and He would certainly want to help us and give us the good things in life.
When we have had our prayers answered and received blessings from the Lord, we too would want to share God’s blessings with others.
That would help us decide our response to those who come to us for a favour.