CYF MAMFE TOWN Movement.

*WISDOM FOR TODAY*
Tues 10th March, 2026
LENT DAY 18
Lk 11: 29-32
*STOP SEEKING FOR SIGNS; JUST OBEY GOD'S COMMANDS*
Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, it is the 18th day of our Lent journey and our God has been so good to us. We continue to learn more of him and seek ways of drawing closer to Him. This morning, our passage for meditation is a call for us to desire obedience to God's word than seeking miracles, signs and wonders. Jesus is the Miracle worker. It is better to have Jesus in your life, who has the power to do great things. It is so unfortunate that so many people go to church and for prayer programs trusting God to perform miracles for them when they are living in sin and have refused to repent. You can pray in tongues from morning till night; you can even be celebrated as the best prayer warrior in your church; but if you do not live a life of obedience to God's commands, you are wasting your time.
Jesus challenged the crowd of Jews who gathered round Him asking for a miracle. He had just finished teaching them that true happiness was in obeying His commands as we read yesterday. Now, the people who gathered listening to him were asking him to perform a miracle to show that He was from God. Jesus told them that only an evil generation could keep asking for signs, even after all the miracles He had performed. He told them that it is only the Miracle of Jonah that will be given to them. He reminded them that Jonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh that God will show them mercy, as he was in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights. He told them that the Son of man will also be a sign for this evil generation, for as Jonah was in the belly of the fish for three days, so too the Son of man will be in the crust of the earth for three days but will rise from death. By saying this, Jesus was talking about his own death and resurrection but the people did not understand him.
Beloved in the Lord, seek obedience to God's word than signs. It is better to have Jesus in your life. He is the Miracle worker and He can perform any miracle at any time. So, be more interested in obeying his commands than seeking for signs. Jesus is the sign for our generation. When you read about his death and resurrection, just submit to Him for there is no other miracle greater than this. As He was raised to life, so too he shall raise to life all those who died believing in Him.
In our text, Jesus challenged the Jews by telling them of what will happen on judgement day. He told them that the Queen of Sheba will rise and condemn them because she left all the way from the South to go and visit King Solomon to learn from His wisdom and He believed God but they have even seen Jesus who is greater than Solomon but have refused to believe. Also, the people of Nineveh who fasted forty days and nights, weeping and wailing for their sins, repenting from their evil ways after hearing Jonah's call, will also accuse them because they heard Jonah's call and repented. Instead the evil generation in his time had seen he who is greater than Jonah but have refused to believe.
Beloved in the Lord, what do you want to see before you surrender totally to Jesus? Do you really need another miracle? Is the miracle of being alive (at a time when human wickedness is at its peak and people are just dying anyhow) , not enough for you? What else do you want to see before believing? Those who never had the opportunity to hear of Jesus will accuse us on judgment Day for having this privilege and misusing it. I pray that from today, you will surrender totally to God. Stop seeking miracles; seek to obey the Lord faithfully. Scripture tells us in 2 Cor 5:7 that our life is not a matter of sight but faith. May we all surrender to Jesus and seek to do only His will, walking by faith and not by sight. Let us not be too moved by what we see for what we see will not last forever. May God bless you as you seek Him diligently today and always. Let your focus be to obey the Lord and you will see the great things that God will do for you. Our God is the Miracle Worker and so, if He takes his place in your heart, He will do great things for you. Amen
_Rev Mrs Ntsam Emelda Bih_