April 19, 2021
Monday for di Third Week of Easter
Readings for Today
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“Rabbi, when You reach here?” Jesus answer dem say, “Amen, amen, I dey tell una, una dey look for Me no be because una see signs, but because una chop di bread belleful. No work for chop wey dey spoil, but work for di chop wey dey last for life wey no dey end, wey di Son of Man go give una. John 6:25–27
Wetin you dey work for inside life? Na wetin go perish for di end? Abi na wetin go last forever? Dis na important question wey you need answer with sincere heart. Too many times, we dey spend most of our life using most of our time and strength for things wey get only small value for eternity.
Di day before di talk wey dem quote above, Jesus don multiply di bread and fish, come feed five thousand households. Wetin happen touch di people so much sotey di next day, when hunger catch dem again, dem come look for Jesus, come find Am for di other side of di lake. Of course, Jesus understand wetin dey happen straightaway. E know say di crowd wey find Am dey more interested in another meal than di spiritual chop wey dey last forever. So Jesus gently use di opportunity teach dem dis short lesson about wetin dey most important. Di “chop wey dey last for life wey no dey end” na, for di end, faith in Jesus.
Imagine say you dey among di people wey use dia own eyes see di miracle as Jesus multiply di bread and fish. How dat one for affect you? E for draw you enter deep faith in Jesus, di Son of God? Abi na di free chop wey come through miracle for impress you pass? Wetin dey interesting be say Jesus feed di five thousand when dem no dey expect am and dem no dey desire am. But when dem come di next day dey expect am and desire am, E refuse. Jesus refuse to do another miracle because E want make di people look deeper, to wetin go last forever.
For our own life, to make di deeper things wey go last forever our main reason to live dey often hard. E easy to keep our eyes on di surface things and di things wey no too important for life. How I go make more money? Or buy new motor? Or get food wey fine pass? How I fit enjoy myself more? Which new cloth I go buy? And di list still dey go on. Of course, none of dis things na evil, but all of dem dey pass away and dem no go get effect on our soul wey go dey forever. And, true true, if we give too much attention to di surface things and di things wey no too important for life, dem go distract us from wetin dey most important.
Today, reflect on dis challenge wey Jesus give. No work for wetin dey perish; work for wetin go last forever. Look at di things wey you put first for your life. Where you put your mind? Wetin dey concern you pass every day? We hope say wetin dey concern you pass na to grow deeper in faith in di Son of God. We hope say na to live di love for God and neighbour wey go last forever. If you look your life and di goals wey you get with sincere heart, and you see say di things of dis world dey concern you too much, then allow dis words of our Lord speak to you directly, so dat you go dey store up riches for life wey no dey end.
My Lord wey get glory pass all, na You be di Chop wey dey last forever. Na You be di Chop for life wey no dey end. Give me di wisdom wey I need, dear Lord, to turn my eyes away from di things of dis world wey dey pass away and wey no too important, and turn instead to wetin go last forever. Make I keep my eyes on You, and make my faith in You nourish me. Jesus, na You I trust.
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