February 13, 2021
Satide for di Fifth Week for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
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“Pity for dis crowd don touch My heart, because dem don stay with Me for three days now and dem no get anything to chop. If I send dem go dia house with hunger, dem go collapse for road, and some of dem come from far place.” Mark 8:2–3
Di main mission wey Jesus come do na spiritual one. E come free us from wetin sin don cause, so dat we fit enter di glory of Heaven for all eternity. Im life, death and resurrection destroy death itself and open di way for everybody wey turn to Am to get salvation. But Jesus love for di people complete so tey E still pay attention to wetin dia body need.
First of all, think deep about di first line for dis talk wey our Lord talk above: “Pity for dis crowd don touch My heart…” Jesus divine love join together with Im human nature. E love di whole person, body and soul. For dis Gospel story, di people stay with Am for three days and hunger dey catch dem, but dem no show any sign say dem wan leave. Our Lord don amaze dem so much dat dem no wan leave. Jesus point out say dia hunger serious. If E send dem away, E fear say dem go “collapse for road.” So, na because of all dis things E perform di miracle.
One lesson wey we fit learn from dis story concern wetin we put first for life. Many times, we fit put wetin suppose come first for last. True true, e dey important to take care of di things wey we need to live. We need food, shelter, clothes and other things like dat. We need to care for our families and provide di basic things wey dem need. But too many times, we dey put dis basic needs for life above our spiritual need to love and serve Christ, as if di two dey against each other. But no be so e be.
For dis Gospel, di people wey dey with Jesus choose to put dia faith first. Dem choose to stay with Jesus even though dem no get food to chop. Maybe some people don leave one or two days before, as dem decide say food matter pass. But anybody wey do like dat miss di wonderful gift of dis miracle, wey make di whole crowd chop belleful. True true, our Lord no want make we neglect our responsibilities, especially if we get duty to care for other people. But dis story dey tell us say our spiritual need for di Word of God to feed us suppose always be wetin concern us pass. When we put Christ first, all our other needs go get answer according to di way E dey provide for us.
Today, think deep about di things wey you dey put first for your own life. Wetin matter pass to you? Di next better food wey you go chop? Or your life of faith? Even though dis two no need to dey against each other, e dey important to always put your love for God first for life. Think deep about dis large crowd of people wey spend three days with Jesus for wilderness without food, and try picture yourself among dem. Make dia choice to stay with Jesus become your own choice too, so dat your love for God go become wetin you face pass for your life.
My Lord wey dey provide for me, You know everything wey I need, and You care about every part of my life. Help me to trust You completely, so dat I go always put my love for You first for my life. I truly believe say if I fit keep You and Your will as wetin matter pass for my life, all di other things wey I need for life go fall into place. Jesus, na You I trust.
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