Make We Go See Am

Leg dey run for one stony road. Breath dey come out like smoke for di cold night air. One group of shepherds dey race go down di hill, dem dey face di lights of one small town.

Dis night no be like any other night for di hills outside Bethlehem. One angel appear to di shepherds inside big glory, and e tell dem say dem don born Saviour, Christ di Lord. Then di sky full with di armies of heaven, wey dey praise God. And now, as quick as dem come, di angels don go back inside heaven. Di sky don dark. Di fire still dey burn. Di sheep still dey there. And di shepherds look each other face. Wetin we go do now?

Dem no argue tey. Luke tell us exactly wetin dem talk to each other. Make we go Bethlehem now now, make we see dis tin wey don happen, wey di Lord don make us know. See how dem take talk am. Dem no talk say di angel tell us; dem talk say di Lord don make us know. Dem understand who really talk. And dem no talk say make we go check whether na true. Dem talk say make we go see dis tin wey don happen. Dem don already believe. Dem just want see am with dia own eye.

Luke talk say dem come quick quick. Dem hurry. Maybe one of dem stay back with di sheep. Maybe dem leave di sheep for God hand for one hour. Luke no tell us. But imagine dem as dem dey scramble go down di dark hillside, dey hit leg for stone, dey laugh, dey breathe hard. Then dem enter di narrow streets of Bethlehem, wey full with visitors wey come for di registration. Which house? How dem go take know? Dem get dia sign: one baby wey dem wrap with cloth, wey dey lie down inside manger. So maybe dem go from door to door, dey find di one house wey get newborn baby inside manger, where dem dey put food for animals.

And dem find dem. Luke list dem one by one, slowly, like say e want make we look every face well. Dem find Mary. And Joseph. And di baby, wey dey lie down inside manger. Everything be exactly as di angel talk. Imagine dat moment. Strong, tired men, wey dey smell of smoke and sheep, dey squeeze enter one small room. One young mother dey rest. One father dey stand near, dey protect dem. And one small baby, di Saviour of di world, dey sleep for where animals dey eat. Di shepherds don see heaven glory for di hillside. Now dem see God glory inside manger.

Bethlehem no be big city. Seven hundred years before, di prophet Micah talk about am say e small among di clans of Judah, e almost too small to count. But still, Micah talk say na from Bethlehem one ruler for Israel go comot. For small town like dat, shepherds from di hills wey near fit waka enter for night, and find di correct house without map.

You go find di shepherds hurry for Luke chapter two, verse fifteen and sixteen. Dem hear, dem believe, dem go, and dem find am. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. When God show you something about Jesus, how you fit go see am for yourself, without waiting?