Friday, February 2, 2024
Wen Dem Present the Lord—Feast
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“Now, Master, You fit let Your servant go for peace, as You don talk, because my eyes don see Your salvation, wey You prepare for front of all the peoples: light wey go bring revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for Your people Israel.” Luke 2:29–32
For di time wey dem born Jesus, one man dey wey im name na Simeon. E don spend im whole life dey prepare for one very important moment. Like all di faithful Jews for that time, Simeon dey wait for di Messiah wey go come. Di Holy Spirit don reveal to am say e go truly see di Messiah before e die—and na so e happen when Mary and Joseph bring Jesus enter di Temple to offer Am to di Lord as small pikin.
Try picture how di whole thing happen. Simeon don live holy life, and e don serve God with all im heart. And deep inside im conscience, e know say im life for this earth no go end until e receive di privilege to see di Saviour of di World with im own eyes. E know this one through one special gift of faith, one revelation wey di Holy Spirit give am inside im soul, and e believe.
E go help us to think about this special gift of knowledge wey Simeon get throughout im life. Normally, na through our five senses we dey get knowledge. We see something, hear something, taste am, smell am, or feel am, and through this one, we come know say e true. We fit trust well-well di knowledge wey we get through our body senses, and na di normal way we dey take know things. But this gift of knowledge wey Simeon get different. E deep pass that one, and e concern di spirit. E know say e go see di Messiah before e die, no be because of anything wey im body senses pick from outside, but because of revelation wey di Holy Spirit give am inside im soul.
This truth make us ask: which kind knowledge person fit dey more sure of? Na something wey you see with your eyes, touch, smell, hear or taste? Or na something wey God tell you deep inside your soul through revelation wey come by grace? Even though these kinds of knowledge different, e important to understand say di spiritual knowledge wey di Holy Spirit dey give far more certain than anything wey only di five senses fit pick. This spiritual knowledge get power to change your life and direct everything wey you dey do towards that revelation.
For Simeon, this spiritual knowledge wey e get inside im soul suddenly join with im five senses when dem bring Jesus enter di Temple. At once, Simeon see, hear and feel this Pikin wey e don know say one day e go see with im own eyes and touch with im own hands. For Simeon, that moment na di highest point wey im whole life don dey lead to.
Today, think deeply about anything wey our Lord don tell you deep inside your soul. Many times, we no dey pay attention to His gentle voice when E dey speak. Instead, we prefer to live only by wetin our body senses fit pick. But di spiritual reality wey dey inside us must become di centre and foundation of our lives. Na there God dey speak, and na there we too go discover di main purpose and meaning of our lives.
My spiritual Lord, I thank You for the plenty ways wey no get number wey You dey take speak to me day and night deep inside my soul. Help me make I always pay attention to You and to Your gentle voice as You dey speak to me. Make na Your voice, and only Your voice, dey show me the way for my life. Make I trust Your Word and never turn away from the mission wey You don give me. Jesus, na You I trust.
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