November 24, 2020
Tuesday for di Thirty-Fourth Week for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, Fada, and im Companions dem, Martyrs—Memorial
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“Nation go rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. Strong earthquakes, famine, and serious disease wey dey spread go happen for different places; and things wey go make people fear and mighty signs go appear for sky.” Luke 21:10-11
Dis prophecy wey Jesus give go surely happen. How exactly e go happen? We never see dat one yet.
Na true say some people fit talk say dis prophecy don already dey happen for our world. Some go try connect dis passage and other prophetic passages for Scripture with one particular time or event. But dat one go be mistake. E go be mistake because prophecy, by im very nature, get meaning wey still dey hidden. Every prophecy na true and go come to pass, but we no go understand every prophecy completely until we reach Heaven.
So wetin we fit learn from dis prophetic word from our Lord? Even though dis passage fit truly dey refer to bigger events wey go affect di whole world for future, e fit still speak to di particular situations wey dey our own life today. So, we suppose allow His words speak to us inside those situations. One particular message wey dis passage dey give us be say we no suppose surprise if, sometimes, e look as if our world dey shake reach im foundation. For another way to talk am, when we see confusion, evil, sin and wickedness all around us, we no suppose surprise, and we no suppose lose heart. Dis na important message for us as we dey continue our journey through life.
For each one of us, plenty “earthquakes, famine, and serious disease wey dey spread” fit dey wey we go face for life. Dem go come for different forms, and sometimes dem go cause us plenty distress. But dem no need to cause us dat kind distress. If we understand say Jesus know about di confusion wey we fit face, and if we understand say He don actually prepare us for am, we go get more peace when di troubles come. For one way, we go fit simply talk say, “Oh, dis na one of those things, or one of those times, wey Jesus talk say go come.” As we understand di challenges wey go come like dis, e suppose help us prepare for dem and endure dem with hope and trust.
Today, reflect on any particular ways wey dis prophetic word of Christ don happen for your own life. Know say Jesus dey there inside all di things wey look like confusion, and He dey lead you through dem reach di glorious end wey He get for mind for you!
Lord, when e look as if my world dey collapse around me, help me turn my eyes to You and trust Your mercy and grace. Help me know say You no go ever abandon me and say You get perfect plan for everything. Jesus, na You I trust.
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