February 16, 2023
Thursday for di Sixth Week for Ordinary Time
Di Readings for Today
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Jesus and His disciples set out go di villages for Caesarea Philippi. As dem dey go, He ask His disciples, “Who people dey talk say I be?” Mark 8:27
As dem dey answer this question, di disciples tell Jesus say some people think say na “John di Baptist, other people say na Elijah, and still other people say na one of di prophets.” But Jesus come ask di disciples who dem think say He be. Na Peter answer say, “Na You be di Christ.”
As we dey think deeply about this talk between Jesus and di disciples, try hear our Lord as He dey ask you di same question. “But who you talk say I be?” Even though e fit easy for you to answer with wetin you know for mind, no rush answer. Think about am well. Deep inside your soul, wetin you believe about Jesus?
Even though Peter answer correct, e important to think deeply about wetin di answer really mean. We see this one clear because as soon as Jesus begin explain His mission as di Christ, Peter no fit accept am. Jesus explain to Peter and di other disciples say, as di Christ, He go “suffer plenty, and di elders, di chief priests and di scribes go reject am, and dem go kill am, and He go rise after three days.” This one mean say Jesus want make di disciples understand di main thing wey His mission be about. For His mission, He go become di Lamb of God wey dem go offer as sacrifice, and He go die for our sins. But this one too much for di disciples to understand, accept and hold for heart with gratitude immediately.
You understand, accept and hold this main mission of Jesus for heart? You understand say because of di sins wey you yourself don commit, you need Saviour? You understand say di result of your sins na death? Death wey no get end? And you still understand say na only through Jesus death all sin and death dey destroyed?
Sometimes we fit fall for di wrong belief say Jesus na only person wey dey inspire us and teach us how we suppose live. Even though this one na true, Jesus pass that one by far. Na Him be di one and only way to Heaven. Without His death and resurrection, we no fit reach Heaven. Na Him be di one and only Saviour. Di Lamb wey dem kill for our sins. Di one and only source of redemption wey go last forever. Di only bridge between Heaven and human beings. Even though you fit understand this one for your mind reach some level, your faith for this truth must enter deep inside your soul, so that you go believe am and hold His gift of salvation wey go last forever for di deepest part of who you be. If we wan truly receive di gift of Jesus life, we must understand am, accept am and hold am for heart in a way wey reach our very root.
Today, think deeply about how you go answer this question from our Lord. “Who YOU talk say I be?” If you wan answer am correctly, you must continue to understand di saving mission of our Lord more deeply, accept am more and hold am fully for heart. Even though this process go continue throughout our life, we must never stop to enter deeper into this divine mystery and gift, so that di life, death and resurrection of di One wey be di Christ of God go change us completely.
Lord wey dey save, abeg, open my mind and heart to You more deeply today and every day of my life. Make my faith and my understanding of You and Your divine mission to save us continue to grow deeper. As I dey do so, abeg, change me more and more so that I go dey fully ready to receive everything wey You come give me. Jesus, na You I trust.
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