NO WORK FOR GOD IN NIGERIA
I was in Dublin yesterday for the “SPECTACLE OF DEFIANCE AND HOPE 2” protest. www.thespectacleofdefianceandhope.ie While standing in front of the Central Post Office which was the main venue of the rally, listening to speeches from the protest leaders; Bob Marley’s “Stand Up For Your Right” was played in between speeches, bringing back memories of Greece in the seventies and eighties, where Black People has no rights till today.
I told the Finnish friend that was with me, that had this protest been in Athens it would have deteriorated into a riot, with the police firing tear gas and beating the protesters up, my friend said that in Finland there is not much to protest about because the Finnish Government always took care of the needs of their citizens.
Then my mind went to Nigeria, my beloved country, my heart sank. I said a silent prayer to God to help us fix Nigeria to be a better place. A voice within me whispers to me saying, you fool, don’t deceive yourself God has no business in fixing Nigeria.
Really what else do you want God to do in Nigeria? He gave you, Excellent Climate, Fertile Land – if you stick your finger into Nigerian Soil your finger will start growing – Rivers, Sea, Rain, Abundant Food and Vegetables, Herbal Medication, 332 Natural Resources plus a Brain to use all these material things for a comfortable living for you people.
What else do you want God to do for you in Nigeria? If you allow clowns-whom you pay costume allowance-to be in your House of Parliament and Senate, it is not God’s Business. If you can not organize yourselves to protest the Kleptocracy in your country it is none of God’s Business. If you are afraid to fight for your right, it is none of God’s Business.
I was shocked by what this voice within me was whispering to me; I said, but God is the Almighty, He just have to decree something and it shall be.
The voice within answered me - you without deep understanding of God’s ways, don’t you know that God can not bend his Laws to fit your human frivolities; no amount of prayers can bend the laws he put in the universe-namely God will provide you with all the materials you need for your survival but it is your responsibility to use the materials wisely for your comfort.
It said your case in Nigeria is like - a twenty year old young man that his mother journeyed to a distant market to buy the ingredients for his favourite dish, prepared the food sweating, then put the dish on the dining table for him, he sat at the table, refused to eat, calling his mother still in the kitchen preparing his father’s dinner to come and put the food in his mouth.
With this illustration, I understood what the voice within was telling me. If we keep silent in the face of tyranny, God will not come down to drive away tyranny from our land. If we do not protest the fake tar roads that the criminals are putting in our country, God will not come down to pave quality roads for us. No matter how long we pray to God. It is our job to make our country a comfortable place for our people. You can count how many countries of the world that has the natural wealth of Nigeria on the fingers of your hand. God has finished his work in Nigeria. He actually did overtime work in Nigeria.
There is no more work for God to do in Nigeria.
I told the Finnish friend that was with me, that had this protest been in Athens it would have deteriorated into a riot, with the police firing tear gas and beating the protesters up, my friend said that in Finland there is not much to protest about because the Finnish Government always took care of the needs of their citizens.
Then my mind went to Nigeria, my beloved country, my heart sank. I said a silent prayer to God to help us fix Nigeria to be a better place. A voice within me whispers to me saying, you fool, don’t deceive yourself God has no business in fixing Nigeria.
Really what else do you want God to do in Nigeria? He gave you, Excellent Climate, Fertile Land – if you stick your finger into Nigerian Soil your finger will start growing – Rivers, Sea, Rain, Abundant Food and Vegetables, Herbal Medication, 332 Natural Resources plus a Brain to use all these material things for a comfortable living for you people.
What else do you want God to do for you in Nigeria? If you allow clowns-whom you pay costume allowance-to be in your House of Parliament and Senate, it is not God’s Business. If you can not organize yourselves to protest the Kleptocracy in your country it is none of God’s Business. If you are afraid to fight for your right, it is none of God’s Business.
I was shocked by what this voice within me was whispering to me; I said, but God is the Almighty, He just have to decree something and it shall be.
The voice within answered me - you without deep understanding of God’s ways, don’t you know that God can not bend his Laws to fit your human frivolities; no amount of prayers can bend the laws he put in the universe-namely God will provide you with all the materials you need for your survival but it is your responsibility to use the materials wisely for your comfort.
It said your case in Nigeria is like - a twenty year old young man that his mother journeyed to a distant market to buy the ingredients for his favourite dish, prepared the food sweating, then put the dish on the dining table for him, he sat at the table, refused to eat, calling his mother still in the kitchen preparing his father’s dinner to come and put the food in his mouth.
With this illustration, I understood what the voice within was telling me. If we keep silent in the face of tyranny, God will not come down to drive away tyranny from our land. If we do not protest the fake tar roads that the criminals are putting in our country, God will not come down to pave quality roads for us. No matter how long we pray to God. It is our job to make our country a comfortable place for our people. You can count how many countries of the world that has the natural wealth of Nigeria on the fingers of your hand. God has finished his work in Nigeria. He actually did overtime work in Nigeria.
There is no more work for God to do in Nigeria.
