May 6, 2021
Thursday for di Fifth Week of Easter
Readings for Today
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If una keep My commandments, una go remain for My love, just as I don keep My Father commandments and remain for His love. John 15:10
After Jesus talk di words wey dey above, E follow am talk say, “I don tell una this so that My joy go dey inside una and una joy go complete.” When we put these two statements side by side, dem help us see how Jesus teaching about holy obedience to Am join together.
First, Jesus talk about how e dey necessary to keep His commandments. For some people, if dem consider only this statement, e fit look like heavy load, order wey no allow person get say, oppression, and something wey dey cage person. But na so e really be? We go see di answer clear as we read on.
Di next thing wey Jesus teach na say, when we keep His commandments, di result na say we go “remain for His love.” E explain further say E no dey ask us to do anything wey E Himself no ready to do. E obey di Father will, and E keep di Father commandments perfectly. So, we suppose hear His command as instruction wey come from di choice wey E freely make and live out to obey. As di Son of God wey become human, E obey di Father perfectly for His human nature. Di result na say E remain perfectly full of di Father love. But no be only that. We go also experience joy for “complete” way when we follow Jesus example of perfect obedience.
As you consider this teaching from our Lord, how you dey see holy obedience to God will? Take each of di Ten Commandments as example. You dey struggle to obey dem without wavering? You dey experience dem as restrictions wey dem force on you and wey dey oppress you, instead of wetin dem truly be? When we understand dem well, di Ten Commandments and every other instruction wey come from God will na exactly wetin we need. Even more than that, na exactly wetin we deeply desire for life. We want order inside us, no be confusion. We want make our life dey whole and upright, no be fragile. We want joy, no be sadness. And we want to dey united with God love, no be to lose God. Di road to di life wey we desire so deeply na to obey di commands of God will for everything.
Today, reflect on di first reaction wey dey come from inside you towards holy obedience. If you notice say you dey resist this teaching of Jesus for any way, then na clear sign say you need this teaching pass as you fit know. Try to look at obedience with di light of truth. Try to see say, deep inside, your soul dey long for obedience and di order wey e dey bring inside you. Check especially any area where you dey struggle to obey, and firmly commit yourself again to obey each and every command of our Lord without wavering.
My Lord wey dey obedient, You obey di will of Your Father for Heaven perfectly. Through this obedience, no be only di full love and joy of di Father You experience for Your human nature; You also give us perfect example and pattern of holiness. Help me see di areas of my life where I need to obey more, so that I too go share for Your holy life and di holy life of di Father. Jesus, na You I trust.
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