*WORD FOR THE DAY* TOPIC: *OBEY GOD EVEN WHEN IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE...* There will be times when God’s calling on your life won’t make sense to the people around you. They will question your direction. They will scrutinize your decisions. They will whisper doubts about your faith. They will laugh at your sacrifices and raise eyebrows at your discipline. They may say, “You could be doing so much more with your life,” “Why are you wasting your time on this path?” or worse, “Are you sure it’s God who is calling you?” For me, obedience to God was never meant to be validated by man. Obedience is not a popularity contest. It’s not a democratic decision. It is not subject to the votes of family, friends, society, or culture. Obedience is an act of trust in the One who sees the end from the beginning, the One who writes the story from the last page backward. And when God calls you, He does not send out memos for human approval. He speaks into the depths of your soul, and if you dare to trust Him, He will lead you through a path that doesn’t make sense to the crowd, but makes perfect sense in the clarity of His divine purpose. Think of Noah, a man asked by God to build an ark. Not near a river. Not beside a sea. But on dry land. There was no cloud in the sky. No forecast of a storm. Yet Noah obeyed. Day by day, plank by plank, in the presence of mocking eyes and doubting minds, Noah built. While others laughed, Noah worked. While others played, Noah prayed. And when the flood came, those who mocked became desperate, and the man they ridiculed became the vessel of salvation. Noah’s obedience didn’t make sense until it was the only thing that did. So too it may be for you. Perhaps you have left a lucrative career to follow a deeper calling. Perhaps you are walking away from toxic relationships that everyone says are “not that bad.” Perhaps you are saying no to shortcuts and yes to the long, quiet road of integrity. Maybe you are sacrificing pleasures now for a greater purpose later. And yes, you feel misunderstood. Misjudged. Even misrepresented. Let me remind you that Abraham walked away from his father’s house not knowing where he was going, but he trusted the One who called him. Moses stood before Pharaoh, a stammering man, yet commanded the mightiest empire to let God’s people go. Mary accepted a divine pregnancy and bore the Son of God while carrying the weight of societal shame. Joseph endured the pit, the prison, and the betrayal, only to be positioned in the palace, because he remained obedient when nothing made sense. Beloved, if God has called you, walk on,even if you walk alone. People will call it madness before they call it wisdom. They will call it rebellion before they call it obedience. But when the rain comes, when the doors of the ark close, when the waters rise, and God lifts you above the chaos, even your doubters will confess: surely, this was the hand of God. Obedience may cost you relationships, reputation, and relevance. But it will never cost you your reward. Let them question you, but don’t question God. Let them laugh at your ark, but don’t stop building. Let them call you crazy, but don’t ignore the voice that called you in the first place. So stand tall. Stand firm. And keep obeying. Even when it doesn’t make sense. Especially when it doesn’t make sense. Because that’s when obedience becomes the loudest declaration of your trust in God. Your servant, _@ Fr. Albert Nwosu (Nwachinemere)_