‘Seek advise from God not human’

A Catholic Priest of the St Augustine Catholic Church at Ashaiman, Reverend Father TaperaMuserere (SVD) has advised people to be careful of those they take advice from.

He said that some people gave pieces of advice based on their selfish interests and that they sometimes had hidden intentions unknown to those who sought their help.

Delivering a sermon at the Second Mass in the Sixth Sunday in the Ordinary Time on the theme “blessed are those who trust in the Lord”, Rev FrMuserere said the best thing for anyone to do when he or she needed advice was to go to God in prayer.

He said “God never fails and is always ready to help His children when they call on Him.”

Making reference to the Bible story of John the Baptist, Herod and Herodias, he said that when Herod’s daughter consulted her mother about what to ask for from her father after impressing her father and his guests at a banquet, his mother ill advised her to ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter.

He said Herodias had an ulterior motive for prompting her daughter to make that demand because she (Herodias) had always been condemned by John the Baptist about her marriage which her daughter was probably not privy to.

The Catholic Priest said wrong counsel from people including parents, spouses, friends , superiors among others had been the reason for the fall of some people because they trusted them.

He said it was important for all to make God the centre of their lives but not replace Him with our loved ones.

He said those who trusted in God and obeyed Him were never betrayed nor disappointed and, therefore, advised people to always trust in God and obey Him. 

From Dzifa Tetteh Tay, Ashaiman.