Ready, with Lamp Dey Burn

Night don deep, but one household still dey awake. Di lamps dey burn. Di servants don dress, dem don tie dia belt. And every few minutes, somebody dey look di door.

Jesus dey for im long journey wey dey go Jerusalem. Crowd dey follow am for thousands, dem plenty sote dem dey match each other for leg. E don dey teach im disciples make dem no worry about food and cloth, and make dem no hold riches tight. No fear, small flock, e don talk, because e please una Papa well well to give una di kingdom. Sell wetin una get, give di poor. Keep treasure for heaven. Because where your treasure dey, na there your heart go dey too. Then Jesus draw one picture of how e go be to live with your heart for di correct place.

Make una tie una cloth for una waist, and make una lamp dey burn. For dat time, people dey wear long, loose robe. To work or to run, you go fold di robe put inside your belt. To tie your waist mean say: dress ready for work. And keep your lamp burning, so you no go dey find road for darkness when time reach to move. And make una be like people wey dey wait for dia master, when e go come back from wedding, so dat when e come knock, dem go open for am sharp sharp. Wedding for dat time fit last many days. Nobody know when di master go leave di party. So di servants stay ready.

Then Jesus talk something wey go make im listeners sit up. Blessed are dat servants wey di master go meet dem dey watch when e come. True true I dey tell una, e go tie im own cloth, e go make dem sit down to chop, and e go come serve dem. Picture am. Di master come back late, e don tire from di celebration. And instead to talk say, bring my food, e fold up im own robe, e sit im servants down for table, and e carry food come give dem by imself. For dat world, nobody fit even think am. Masters no dey serve servants. But dis master do am. And if e come for di second watch, or e come for di third watch, and e meet dem like dat, blessed are dat servants.

Then Jesus change di picture. Think about person wey get house, e talk. If e know di hour wey thief go come, e for stay awake, and e no go allow make dem break enter im house. Thief no dey send message before e come. Then di main point. So una too, make una dey ready. Because di Son of Man go come for di hour wey una no think. Peter quick ask am, Lord, dis story na for us, or na for everybody? And Jesus answer with another story, about one faithful and wise steward wey take good care of di household while im master no dey.

Di lamps wey di servants keep burning na small clay oil lamp, about di size of hand, with hole for top to pour olive oil, and mouth for front for wick wey dem make from linen or flax. Archaeologists don find thousands of dem for all over Israel. Lamp like dat fit burn for few hours, so to keep am burning for one long night mean say you go dey pour oil and dey trim di wick, again and again.

Ready, with Lamp Dey Burn. You go find am for Luke chapter twelve, verse thirty-five to forty. Di master wey serve im servants resemble Jesus imself well well, di one wey talk for di Last Supper say, I dey among una as person wey dey serve. Christians believe say di child wey dem born for Christmas go come again, and dem dey wait for am like servants wey dia lamp dey burn and dia heart dey ready. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. For di story of Jesus, di master serve im servants. How you fit serve somebody dis Christmas di way wey Jesus dey serve us?