December 1, 2023
Fraide for di 34th Week for Ordinary Time
Di Readings for Today
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“Amen, I dey tell una, dis generation no go pass away until all dis things don happen. Heaven and earth go pass away, but My words no go pass away.” Luke 21:32–33
As we dey near di last days of dis liturgical year, we still dey read about di end of di world. Today we read say both heaven and earth, as dem be now, go pass away. Dis na something wey good make we think deeply about.
We know say life full of change. People don talk say di only thing wey no dey ever change na change itself. Every other thing dey change. But when e come to di earth, e hard to believe say one day e go “pass away.” Some scientists believe say di earth don dey for more than four and a half billion years. Dat na long time! Now think about di fact say Jesus prophesy say dis earth, as we know am today, go end. When e go happen? Na only God know.
Our Lord also prophesy say heaven, as e be today, go pass away. Heaven, as e be now, na pure spiritual reality, and di only physical body dem wey dey there na di ones of Jesus and our Blessed Mother. Apart from dem, wetin dey heaven na God own divine nature, di soul dem of people wey God don redeem, and God angels. But if even heaven go pass away, wetin dey wait for us?
First of all, di only reason why heaven and earth go pass away for di form wey dem get now na because, for di Final Judgment, “New Heavens and a New Earth” go dey, as di Book of Revelation talk. For dat time, heaven and earth go join together as one, and dis new creation go dey forever.
But anything dey now wey go dey forever? Anything dey wey no go ever change? We human beings go change when di dead rise again; di angels go get wetin we fit call new home; and God go establish new Kingship wey go last forever. But, according to wetin Jesus teach today, di one thing wey go remain na His words: “…My words no go pass away.” Again, dis na something wey good make we think deeply about.
For world wey full of change and things wey we no fit sure of, we need something wey go help us stand firm. Na di truth wey dey inside God Word go help us stand firm like dat. God Word, as E reveal am to us through di Scriptures, must become di foundation wey solid like rock, wey we go build our whole life on and live on. When we think deeply about God Word, pray with am, meditate on am and believe am, e dey help us stand on spiritual ground wey firm and no dey change, as we dey pass through di changes for dis life and even di changes wey go come for di end of time. Even though dis fit look like mystery somehow, na truth wey go help us if we understand and believe am. Everything go pass away except Jesus words. So, di thing wey go give us di greatest security for life na to hold His words tight and never let go.
Today, think deeply about how important e be to truly put your whole self inside God Word. How much time you dey spend every week to read am, pray with am and allow am become your daily food? God Word no be just book of teachings wey dey inspire you or guide you. God Word na Word Wey Dey Alive. Na God for His form wey no dey change. God, for His very nature, no go ever change. And to relate with Him through wetin E reveal for His written Word na one important way wey go help you truly stand firm for life and prepare for every change wey go come, until di final order of life don dey established forever.
My Word Wey Dey Forever, You no dey change, and You go dey forever. Na You be di foundation wey solid like rock, wey I must always rely on. As I still dey experience di plenty changes wey dey happen for dis life, abeg, enter my soul through Your written Word, so dat I go fit stand firm as I need to. As I stand firm in You, I dey look forward with joy to di New Heavens and New Earth wey dey wait for us. Jesus, na You I trust.
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