When We See You?

Lord, when we see you hungry? When we see you as stranger? We for remember. We no ever see you. And di King smile. Oh, but una see me.

Na di last week before di cross. Jesus sit down for di Mount of Olives, dey look across di valley to di temple, with im disciples around am. Dem don ask am about di end of di age, and e don dey tell dem parables about how to dey ready: ten young women wey dey wait for bridegroom, servants wey dia master trust with im money. Now e finish with one great scene, wey e paint for di widest canvas of all. No be story about farmer or fisherman. Na picture of di King of all di nations.

When di Son of Man come for im glory, Jesus talk, and all di holy angels with am, e go sit down for di throne of im glory. All di nations go gather for im front. And e go separate people from one another, as shepherd dey separate sheep from goats. E go put di sheep for im right hand. Then di King go talk to di people for im right hand: Una come, una wey my Father don bless. Come receive di kingdom wey God don prepare for una since di foundation of di world.

And e tell dem why. Because I dey hungry, and una give me food. I dey thirsty, and una give me water drink. I be stranger, and una welcome me. I no get cloth, and una cover me. I sick, and una visit me. I dey prison, and una come see me. Di people surprise. Lord, dem talk, when? When we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you water? When we see you as stranger and welcome you? When we see you sick, or for prison, and visit you? Dem no remember say dem do any of dis things for king.

And di King answer. True true I tell una, anytime wey una do am for one of di smallest of dis my brothers, na me una do am for. Every plate of soup. Every cup of water. Every coat wey person give away. Every visit to person wey dey lonely, or sick, or dem lock up. Di King count am as something wey dem do for am. Think back to Christmas. Dem lay di King of all di nations for manger because no space dey for am, stranger wey dey far from home. Small after, e become refugee for Egypt. E know how e be to need welcome. And e still dey come meet us, Jesus talk, inside di people wey need welcome pass.

Christians become known for dis kind care. For di three hundreds, di Roman emperor Julian, wey want bring back di old pagan religions, write letter to one pagan high priest wey dem call Arsacius. E complain say di Christians, wey e dey call Galileans, dey support no be only dia own poor people, but di poor people of di pagans too, while di pagans no dey help dia own.

When We See You? You go find am for Matthew chapter twenty-five, verse thirty-one to forty. For Christmas, we dey welcome baby Jesus with songs and nativity scenes; Jesus tell us say we fit welcome am inside real people too. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Who dey hungry, lonely, sick, or who be stranger near you, and how you fit welcome Jesus as you dey care for dem dis Christmas?