We are the Government

John 5:8, proverb 25:28


God is omniscient and omnipotent, He knows everything and can do everything but God will not do for you what He has given you power to do for yourself. Where your ability stops is where God's ability begins but He will not do for you what you have the capacity to do. God made us in His image and deposited gifts and different abilities in us. He will not frustrate our potentials by doing for us what we can do for ourselves. In our country, we ask God to do lots of things for us, for example, build roads, generate power etc. God will not respond to these demands because He has provided for us water and gas to generate power and bitumen to build roads.


This state of mind of being helpless and transferring our responsibilities influences our attitude to government. The government is expected to do everything, but the reality is that the government cannot do everything the government cannot eat, breathe, sleep or write exams for us and even when roads are provided, the government will not drive our cars for us. It's our responsibility to do the most important things ourselves. Our inability to define clear lines of responsibility renders us helpless and powerless. Also the abdication of responsibility turns people into slaves.


The time has come for us, as Nigerians and Christians, to make a choice to believe that God has empowered us to fulfill destiny. The change will begin with having a God given revelation of who you are. We have more power than we realize and we can only receive this power through the truth found in God's words. As soon as we begin to see ourselves in the light of God's word, we develop a positive self image which influences our self esteem-making us feel good about ourselves. Self respect follows-we no longer tolerate low standards. Then self determination kicks in followed by self actualization.


Take the power God has given you! The only thing that can hold you down is ignorance. “My people perish for lack of knowledge”. Get an education. The key that unlocks the power embedded in us is self discipline. It takes discipline to move ahead. Read and develop plans to move forward. Set goals and act on them. Be persistent and become a problem solver. Associate with other people to create solutions for societal problems.


Let's cooperate to build a prosperous nation!.. Pastor Sam Adeyemi