May 8, 2020
Friday for the Fourth Week of Easter
Readings for Today
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“For my Father im house, plenty places dey to stay. If no be so, I for tell una say I dey go prepare place for una? And if I go prepare place for una, I go come back again come take una to myself, so that una too fit dey where I dey.” John 14:2–3
From time to time, e dey important make we put our mind for the glorious truth say Heaven dey real! Heaven dey real and, if God will am, one day all of us go dey together there with our God, wey be three Persons but na one God. If we understand Heaven well, we go long for am with deep love wey dey burn for our heart, and we go dey look forward to am with strong desire. Peace and joy go dey fill us anytime we think about am.
But sadly, the thought say dem go leave this Earth go meet the One wey create us dey frighten some people. Maybe na fear of wetin dem no know, or because dem realise say dem go leave the people wey dem love behind, or even fear say Heaven no go be their final resting place.
As Christians, e dey very important make we work to grow strong love for Heaven, by understanding well no be only Heaven itself, but also the purpose of our life for Earth. Heaven dey help us put our life for proper order and help us stay for the road wey lead to this eternal happiness.
For the passage above, we get one picture of Heaven wey dey bring plenty comfort. Na the picture of “the Father im house.” This picture good to reflect on because e show say Heaven na our home. Home na place wey we dey safe. Na place where we fit be who we really be, relax, stay with people wey we love, and feel say na there we belong. We be God im sons and daughters, and He don decide say we belong there with Him.
To reflect on this picture of Heaven suppose also comfort people wey don lose person wey dem love. To say goodbye, even if na for now, dey very hard. And e suppose hard. The pain of losing person wey we love dey show say true love dey for that relationship. And that one good. But God really want make joy join the sorrow wey we feel for the loss, as we think deeply about the reality say the person wey we love dey with the Father for Im home forever. Their happiness there pass wetin we fit ever imagine, and one day, dem go call us to share for that joy.
Today, reflect on this picture of Heaven: our Father Im House. Stay with this picture for your mind and let God speak to you. As you dey do so, let your heart dey drawn to Heaven, so that this desire go help direct wetin you dey do here and now.
Lord, I really dey long to dey with You forever for Heaven. I dey long to receive comfort and consolation, and make joy fill me for Your home. Help me make I always keep this as my goal for life, and make my desire for this final resting place dey grow every day. Jesus, na You I trust.
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