PIDGIN NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T!

Jonah 4:6–10

Den God make one small plant grow kover Jonah, so dat e go fit rest well. So Jonah happy well-well, bikos of di plant.

7 But di next day, God send one worm kom chop, distroy and kill di plant. 8 Wen sun start to shine, God kon send one hot breeze kom from east. Di sun dey shine for Jonah head and e nearly faint. So as Jonah dey vex, bikos di plant wey kover en head don die, e kon sey, “E betta make I die, dan dis life wey I dey live so.” 9 But God tell am, “Wish rite yu get to dey vex bikos of di small plant?” Jonah ansa, “I get evry rite to vex till I die!” 10 Den God tell am, “If yu dey vex sey I kill dis plant wey grow for only one nite kon die di next day; plant wey yu nor do anytin for or make grow,

  

E get times for life when something go just appear suddenly, blessing, breakthrough, relationship, position, comfort and before you know am, e don disappear. Now you see am, now you no see am. Na exactly wetin Jonah experience outside Nineveh city. After he preach judgment, Jonah sit down dey wait make he see wetin go happen. Bible say, “The Lord God prepare one plant and make am grow over Jonah, so e fit give shade for him head” for verse 6. Jonah happy well‑well. The comfort come unexpected, come on time, and e satisfy am deep. 

But the next morning, God prepare worm wey attack the plant, and the plant wither. Then He prepare hot east wind, and the sun beat Jonah head until e weak. The same God wey give the shade allow am disappear. The same comfort wey look permanent turn temporary. Jonah joy turn to anger, and him relief turn to frustration. 

This moment expose one truth wey many believers dey struggle with: we often dey celebrate the gift more than the Giver. Jonah rejoice because of the plant, but he no rejoice because of God mercy for Nineveh people. He value him own comfort pass the souls wey God wan save. The plant na lesson — one living parable — wey show Jonah how earthly comfort dey fragile and how dangerous misplaced priorities fit be. 

God ask Jonah, “E right for you to vex because of the plant?” for verse 9. Jonah say yes. But God answer am with gentle correction: Jonah get pity for plant wey he no plant, water, and grow. Yet he no get compassion for the people of Nineveh according to verses 10–11. The plant temporary, but the souls of the people eternal. 

This na the heart of the message: God sometimes dey give us temporary comfort to expose permanent issue for our heart. 

Sometimes God dey allow something appear — job, relationship, season of ease, no be because na the final blessing, but because na tool for teaching. And sometimes He dey allow am disappear, no be as punishment, but as revelation. The plant no be the problem; na Jonah heart be the problem. The disappearance of the plant reveal wetin Jonah value pass. 

We see this pattern throughout Scripture with Abraham and Isaac — God give Isaac, then ask Abraham make he lay am for altar for Genesis 22. The test no be about Isaac; na about Abraham heart. 

Job wealth and health: now you see am, now you no see am. Yet Job declare, “The Lord give, and the Lord take away; blessed be the name of the Lord” for Job 1:21. 

The manna for wilderness appear every day and disappear every day according to Exodus 16. God use am to teach dependence, no be comfort. 

God no dey cruel; He dey intentional. He dey use temporary things to reveal eternal truth. He dey use comfort wey dey disappear to expose hidden attachment. He dey use sudden change to shift our focus from wetin dey fade to wetin dey everlasting. 

Jonah love the shade pass the souls. He love comfort pass calling. He love temporary pass eternal. And God, for Him mercy, disturb Jonah comfort to restore Jonah perspective. 

What if the thing wey disappear from your life no ever suppose stay? 

What if him purpose na to teach, no be to remain? 

What if God remove am to reveal wetin you no fit see when e still dey there? 

Sometimes the plant must wither so the heart fit wake up. Sometimes the shade must vanish so the soul fit grow. Sometimes comfort must shake so you fit embrace calling. 

God no be just the God wey dey give; He be God wey dey grow us. And growth dey come through things wey appear and disappear. The question no be whether the plant go stay. The question na whether we go learn wetin the plant come teach us. 

REFLECTION QUESTIONS 

·       Which “plant” for my life I don dey celebrate more than the God wey give am? 

·       How I dey respond when God remove temporary comfort — with trust or with frustration? 

·       Which deeper lesson God dey teach me through something wey appear and then disappear? 

PRAYER: Father, open my eyes make I see the lessons behind the blessings wey You give and take away. Help me value Your heart pass my comfort and Your purpose pass my preferences. Teach me to trust You for every season — when things appear and when things disappear, in Jesus’ name, amen. 

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