A Letter to the Nigerian Leaders & the Church

I believe there is a call to nation building.Its our collective efforts as Nigerians.

A Letter to the Nigerian Leaders & the Church

NIGERIAN LEADERS

I heard the Lord speak to me one morning that,”The greatest gift He can give to me was people.”

People are our greatest gift and resources.The failure to understand this principle has led to the war and poverty in most third world nations.Most developing nations as they are now called have been marked with bloodshed and corruption.Its people are enslaved in misery with no hope of a sustainable living.Their only hope of a better living is migrating to the western countries where value is placed on people. Unfortunately, history has taught us that it is not what we have that matters,rather it is what we do with what we have that counts. Most of these third world nations languishing in poverty have more of the world riches mineral and material resources,but poor leadership is out undoing. One of the saddest case is that of Nigeria,having most of the brightest minds in the world,blessed with so much mineral resources;yet ranked amongst the poorest nations in the world. Corruption is an household name in Nigeria…it woun’t be a BIG DEAL if parents start naming their children corruption.This decadence in our nation have affected every institution. Leadership is influence.But in Nigeria leadership is affluence.How much a leader can gather for himself.Nigeria has more looted funds worth trillion of dollar stached in foreign countries by sick and unscrupulous leaders. Nigerian leaders have rendered our youths uneducated,our graduate unemployed, and our women widows. You have wasted the people entrusted to you, by your greed.Greed is any action motivated by fear of lack or poverty.

THE CHURCH Our responsibility will determine our relevance in life.When we lose the sense of our reponsibility another will take our place and our relevance will be lost. The Church is an agent of transformation in every given society.The socio-political and economic problem on our nation is as a result of the indiffernce of the church.The church is not just a place where people gather to sing and dance,its an instrument of God to push back evil in the nation.

The Church missed it! The church missed it when its focus began more about material blessings than spirituality.God bless me, is the major theme song in todays church.Our blessing conscious has drawn us deeper into irrelevancy. The blessings of God always places a demand upon us.We are blessed to be a blessing.

More Church  More Crisis! Its alarming the crime rate that we discover in places where churches are located around Nigeria.Why? I will tell you.The FEAR OF GOD makes men depart from evil.The church has lost the power to communicate the fear of God to the society.Because within the Church the fear of God is lacking. We are waiting for the political,entertainment, and the liberal group to do what we should do.What a shame. The Bible calls John the Baptist a Voice crying in the wilderness but today’s church is a Noise shouting in the wilderness.Voice is clear and precise,noise is unclear and hollow. The Church in Nigeria must return to the principle of John the Baptist.Jesus said that we are salt and light, but todays church is pepper and darkness.We preach confusion and doctrine that have no relevance.

Why People Don’t Go To Church! People don’t go to places they don’t get something relevant for their lives.Many beer parlours are better than most churches around.The church has disconnected people from social relevance.The government was designed to take counsel from the church in making its policies.But today,thats not the case. The church is to restructure the nation.Nigeria is one among many nations of the world without an ideology.It is hard to identify what our nation stands for.America stand for freedom,Dubuai stand for trade,what do we stand for? Nigeria is a nation without a map.We are moving and hoping to get anywhere.The entertainment industry is hoping to rebrand Nigeria and give it a face.But no! Only the Church can give Nigeria a direction.

The Solution I have a solution which the church must embrace if her voice must be recovered.The way forward is for the Church to equip its adherent by preaching the right message.You can never succeed without the right perspective.Today’s church is blaming the devil for the problem it created. The answer is CREATIVITY AND VISION. Today’s church has no vision and she is not creative there she is shallow and unimportant.The coming of the HolySpirit is to make us the most creative people.People who shape the world with heavenly ideas. Creativity and vision through the Church will reshape our nation.This is how we can build Nigeria.Our  members must be empowered to have a vision and with that vision become creative.

By Ndubuisi Eke

August 2009

NEVER SAY NEVER!

This article is born out of an inspiration given by the Holy Spirit to thousands out there who are facing one or two lives crisis.The saying,’Never say never” is a statement of a fighter,

The truth about life is that what happens to us does not define or describe us.It is what happens in us that does.

God is a God who specializes in using our mistakes,fault to work out a perfect master piece.Life will always give us a reason to want to pack up and go.But remember you will only be celebrated by what you conquer.History never celebrates quiter.Hero’s are not some problem free people, many of the people we celebrate, make quote of, put their pictures and flyers on out wall were not people who had a fair share from life.Without 27 years in prison Nelson Mandela may never have been a world celebrity.

What are you willing to face and conquer? The challenge today is that many of us are too weak to fight.We succome to lives woe.The loss in my life is only to propel me forward into my destiny.

I decided sometimes ago,I will confront and overcome whatever challenges life throws my way.Only those who decide will win.

Life is full of people living in self pity,who gave up because they found a genuine reason to.Mark this,there is never a genuine reason to stop fighting for a better life.

How many times did Abraham Lincoln tried to succeed and fail, I will tell you,its more than you can count.

I have my own records of failure too.But I will tell you,”IAM STILL  STANDING” because I learnt from my Bible the big truth that the greater One lives inside of me.

You maybe on the point of bankcrupty,perhaps a divorce, the loss of a loved one,loss of your health.Some of you may be contemplating suicide.I want to announce to you-Wait one more day.

You will only overcome whatever you are bigger than.I want to tell you with Christ in you,you can overcome,you can make a bounce back.

I love you my friend’s.

If this article has blessed you write me back.

Ndubuisi eke

12.08-2009