WHERE IS THE CHURCH?

Events in the past few days have got me thinking more deeply than before particularly after the elections that took place in April. Recently a man of God died, after a respected Christian leader had pronounced that he wouldn't succumb to the sickness that eventually killed him. Then there's the silence of the church on our present national election drama. Almost like we don't know what's happening.

I thought God said He wouldn't do anything without first telling His servants, the prophets? How come the events taking place in this country leaves the Church, His family of prophets and priests, dumbfounded? How come we are the ones to know what's going on last?(That's even if we get to know at all!)

There's this story somewhere in the book of the kings of Israel where a prophet was telling of the things he heard in heaven. He was given the privilege to eavesdrop on a conference going on in heaven and then he shared what he heard with those who didn't have that privilege. The information they received was meant to help them decide particularly as concerned national issues of security, etc

I think now is the time for men who can hear and discern the mind of God for this nation to rise up. And I'm not just talking of being on the national level alone but even on the individual level. I believe now is the time for the many-sided wisdom of God to begin to be shown to the world particularly as we hear His heart and diffuse it to the world.

'nuff said.

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THE SOLUTION

If we look at Nigeria, we may be forced to agree with the circumstances around us. Area boys on the loose, traffic jams, unemployment, the list is almost endless but its in the midst of this gross darkness that light shines brightest.

I don't know about you but I have wondered how God manages to handle this earth. Imagine the madness that the devil created in the beginning. Chaos is his stock-in-trade and he had a hey-day making, permit the use of the expression, nonsense out of God's beautiful work but it didn't even bother God.He simply stepped on the scene and, by His Spirit, put everything in order. What's my point? Well its really simple.

Solomon had an insight into the things that happened when God was rebuilding the Earth at the beginning. He learnt, by divine inspiration, that Wisdom was there when God was creating the Earth. Wisdom was the one who was master and director of the creation work. He was there to ensure everything fit exactly as had been designed. If you look at the earth, you'll notice that only an extremely intelligent and wise Being could have made something with such incredibly intricate design.

As people, born of this God then, we hold a responsibility to this world to make all things well. The whole of Nigeria is hoping for a better society, a better economy, a better leadership, a better standard of living and guess what? We hold the key to this new level of life.

God's desire is that through us, the complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects will be revealed to the world. The only means of communicating God's wisdom to this world is when we begin to show it in our fashion, our IT solutions, our businesses, our speech,etc. Now is the time for us, the body of Christ to arise and take our place, shining the light of God in our lives through His wisdom.


Now is the time for us, like Joseph, to reveal God's wisdom in our places of work, our businesses and so on. I believe this is the church's finest hour. this is the time for us to use those spiritual gifts to impact the environment we live in, making it obvious to all that our God is the ONLY WISE God. I want to challenge you to let His wisdom flow through you so that His influence(His kingdom) can be felt in our blessed nation, Nigeria.

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'Nuff said.

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