November 14, 2021
Sunday Nomba 33 for Ordinary Time, Year B
Readings for Today
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“Heaven and earth go pass away, but My words no go pass away.” Mark 13:31
Yes, na true. Heaven as e dey now and earth as e dey now go pass away. The Gospels and the Book of Revelation talk about this truth. As we dey near the end of this liturgical year, we dey remember this truth again. We dey remember say Jesus go come back with splendour and glory, and E go make everything new. The world as we know am go become new, and heaven go join with this new earth, and everything go be one. Jesus go reign for this new world as the glorious King of everything.
One thing wey this tell us be say we no suppose hold the things of this world wey dey pass away too tight. Na true say wealth and property for this earth fit satisfy us for some time, but dem no fit ever satisfy us forever. As time dey go, all the things of this world go disappear. So, if we dey work to gather only wealth and property for this earth, make we know say all those things go pass away at last, and nothing go remain for us.
So wetin be the thing wey go last forever? The answer dey for the passage wey dey above. Jesus talk say His “words no go pass away.” This mean say everything wey be true and wey God don reveal as truth go last forever, and e worth make we hold am tight. This show us say Jesus words na the true riches wey we must look for. When we accept His Word, hold am tight, enter deep inside am, believe am and allow am change us, we dey accept wetin go last forever. We dey accept wetin we go get for all eternity. This na important truth wey we need to understand and live by.
Today, think well about this simple truth: everything for this life dey pass away except the words of our Lord. Everything wey E don talk and reveal to us go remain forever, and na only these truths worth make person work for, for this life. Turn your eyes to God Word and try to understand the meaning more deeply, so that you fit begin gather treasure for heaven right here and now!
Lord, I truly believe everything wey You don talk and reveal. Help me make I listen to You more and more, and make I hold every word wey You talk tight. Jesus, na You I trust.
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