May 4, 2021
Tuesday for the Fifth Week of Easter
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Jesus tell His disciples: “Na peace I dey leave with una; na My own peace I dey give una. No be the way the world dey give peace I dey give am to una.” John 14:27
So how the peace wey Jesus dey give you take different from the one wey the world dey give, wey just resemble peace? All of us want peace for life. The desire to get peace inside our heart dey part of our very nature. And even though plenty people dey choose things wey dey scatter their inside life and even turn am upside down, many times na because dem no understand wetin truly fit satisfy dem, dem dey make those choices.
For example, people wey choose to continue to take drugs or alcohol wey dem don become addicted to, many times na desire for happiness wey miss road first carry dem enter the addiction. The relief wey dem feel for small time dey make dem feel say all dey well for that small time. But if we look the matter as e really be, e clear well-well say the temporary “peace” wey person dey get from these things go later make am lose the very thing wey e dey look for. And when these choices turn to addiction, the person many times go see say e don enter trap wey dey carry am go down, from bad to worse.
Plenty other ways still dey wey people dey take look for satisfaction and fulfilment for life. Money, to dey have sex with different-different people, to cheat, selfishness, anger, to deceive people, and other things like these na things wey people dey pursue or do because dem want get some satisfaction. Every day, our aim must be to expose how these things dey deceive us, so that we fit see wetin dem really be and the fruit wey dem dey produce. E clear say these things dey among the many ways wey the “world” dey offer us peace.
For true happiness for life, the gift of true peace inside our heart na one of the clearest signs say we dey follow the right road and dey make the right decisions. When we choose wetin God want every single day, those choices fit hard and fit first demand plenty sacrifice. To love fit hard. To remain faithful to God law about wetin good and wetin bad fit no easy. And to refuse to sin dey hard. But if we dey choose wetin God want all through each day, every day, those choices go begin produce the gift of Christ peace inside us, wey dey comfort us and give us strength to carry on.
True peace dey produce strength. E dey make our inside life straight and whole. E dey help us think clearly and stand sure for wetin we hold to be true. God peace dey bring more peace. E dey lead us to choose acts of love wey we don think through well. Peace dey lead us to wetin God want, and wetin God want dey lead us to peace. As this dey happen again and again, the effect dey multiply more and more, and na one of the clearest guides to happiness for life.
Today, think deeply about whether you truly get peace for your heart. You dey recognise God quiet, strong presence inside your soul, wey dey give you strength to carry on? The choices wey you dey make every day dey make your heart more upright and your mind clearer? You dey see say you get joy and calm, even when you dey face the biggest challenges for life? Look for this peace, because if you do so, na the good God wey dey produce this glorious gift inside your heart you go dey look for.
My Lord of true peace, na only You and Your holy will be the road wey fit satisfy all my desires for life reach the deepest part of my heart. When I make bad choices wey dey scatter my life and bring confusion, help me turn to You with all my heart. Abeg, expose any deceit wey I dey struggle with, and give me the strength wey I need to seek only You and Your peace. Jesus, na You I trust.
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Pictures wey dem feature above: “Image of Christ” by Heinrich Hofmann
