I agree with the school's president Charles Steger when he said this is a "tragedy of monumental proportions", how do you even come to terms with something like that? It's incomprehensible. I'm adamant in my conviction that there is nowhere safe on earth. It really brings home the truth the psalmist writes in Psalm 127:1 "Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain."
So from here on, let's stop using the fact that Nigeria is unsafe as an excuse not to go back home. The least we can do is be honest with ourselves. You don't want to move to Nigeria because you don't want to, period. Not because there are no jobs, not because there's crime, not because of corrupt leaders, it's because you don't want to. Name one country on this evil earth that doesn't have the same problems.
It's fine if you choose not to live in Nigeria, there is no crime in that. However, it's obvious that there are many in the next generation of leaders of that great country who care a lot about it so here's what we can do while we sojourn in another land: pray.
Yes, pray that the Lord will build Nigeria and watch over it otherwise all our efforts will be in vain. It's obvious there's more to our problem than meets the eye and only God can raise us from the dust. All our theories and possible solutions to existing problems are useless and I've heard and come up with many myself. We will do well to remember that unless God causes the change to happen, it will not happen.
So forget the crap about getting more Christians to office, what Christian is that? The same one who can't help his fellow Christian find a job, pay his rent, or feed his kids? Or the Christian who cheats on his taxes or the one who lies to enter another man's country? Oh, you must mean that Christian whose major goal in life is to be a billionaire and whose mission it is to "oppress" come rain or shine. Please cut it out. What's that? More people should vote with their head and not their stomach? Remember that when your child is dying of starvation and someone presents you with a bag of rice for one measly vote.
All I know is I love my country and I want to see it blessed and flowing with milk and honey for every citizen, not just for a privileged few. There's only one being that can make that happen. Let's ask Him.
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I completely agree with you Tutu. I remember I was one of the proponents of Nigeria not being safe and saying some years ago that if God ever made a way for me to leave the country, I was never going back. No light, no water, no fuel, six - nine months lecturer strike for better wages... But then i've come to realize that nowhere is void of problems. Many would say for a fact that America is definitely not a land flowing with milk and honey. Fine there are jobs here and there is security but who can remember the culture shock when they first got here. Probably your first job was flipping burgers (lol) till God lifted you. The V.A Tech issue is a true rude awakening that we are in the end times and God truly is our covering not the part of the continent we're on.
Therefore my mindset is different now. I would like to go back someday ... when God permits.
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