Friday, July 14, 2017
SUPER GOD............................................SUPER MAN part 1
SUPER GOD……………………SUPER MAN
I was watching a particular movie series (which I don’t do often) titled FLASH. It is the story of a young man who was involved in an accident that occurred during a scientific expenditure. He went into coma after the accident and woke up later to discover he has super-human speed. About 2 hours into the movie a verse of scripture popped into my mind. This verse is related to the story in 1 King 18. Elijah the mighty prophet of God came to reverse his declaration of drought. He went up to the mountain to pray for rain. God released the rain but the man of God was about to be drenched in the rain if he did not hurry. 1 King 18:46 say “The land of the Lord was upon Elijah and he outran the chariots of Ahab”. This statement may not sound incredible to the reader until one remember that a royal chariot normally has at least two horses.
Now, a 21st century reader of this incident would say that it is only possible if one is “super-human”. The term Super-human is normally used to describe fictitious characters with special abilities that enable them to perform feats way beyond the ability of the average person. This topic became more interesting to me when it dropped in my spirit that God actually planned that mankind would be “super-human”. At creation, we were imparted with his divine nature which provides the “super” component. That’s why Adam was able to name over 4million species of animals and insects without formal education. Even after the fall, he created a way for mankind to access divinity. That’s what enabled Moses to part the Red sea, Joshua to hold the sun in its position and many more. Still not satisfied with how much access we had to divinity, he gave his son to die for our sins so we can have complete access to divinity through him. That singular sacrifice established our super-human status forever.
It is therefore unfortunate that majority of mankind especially Christians are living a life below their super-human status. Mankind became convinced that Super-Human exists only in the realm of the fictitious i.e. a figment of man’s imagination. A proof of this is the fact that these days movies are our only source of encounter with the super-human.
Worse still, most super human characters in movies are demonic. As a result, we no longer belief in our original identity. The people who accept that the super-human realm exists resort to demonic practices in their quest to access it. Others are so scared that they never step in. This completely robs us of our potential and prevents us from fulfilling the Gen 1:28 mandate.
Interestingly, truth remains constant whether or not it is believed or acted upon. This means that our super-human capabilities still exist within us even though we don’t utilize them. It also implies that anything we began to deploy our “super powers”, the doors of extra-ordinary achievements will open to us on its own. We can then live the meaningful, prosperous life God intended for us to live. Allow me to offer a few tips on how to tap into and maximize your super power for the benefit of mankind.
TIP I: - RECONNECT TO GOD.
Mankind lost access to it’s super powers in the garden of Eden. We also lost something much more precious; an intimate connection to God. This connection is the source of our super powers in the first place. But thanks be to God because in his infinite love for us he made it possible to restore our connection to him and get back our super-powers. He gave our fathers the Law which is actually a set of instructions which if fully obeyed would allow a measure of reconnection and access to our super powers. However, the law was just a stop gap to preserve us till the appointed time when his son would appear on the scene. Then through him, we can have our connection fully restored and we can be so empowered that the devil can’t overpower us again for ever.
However, for any man to enjoy this reconnection and empowerment he must approach God through faith in his son Jesus. This means that he must believe in his son Jesus and what he accomplished on the cross for mankind. He must accept him as saviour and lord. When this happens, every sin hindering your connection is paid for in fall. You can now come bold to the throne of grace as a son. This process gives you your super power back.
FAITH: - Even though you have your powers back, you may not see them manifest except you absolutely believe you have them back. This is where the enemy goes to work on the mind of human beings. This is because he knows that if he can convince us that we are powerless, he has won a flawless victory. To do this, he bombards us with various obstacles and then says “if you are powerful, why is this happening”. The problem is that many people believe him because they lack adequate knowledge to give him the appropriate response.
If that is not going to work, he works on promoting beliefs that shifts our focus from God’s power within us to ourselves or the devil. These days when a person performs extra-ordinary feats, people automatically conclude that he is being assisted by a demonic power. Even the person himself attributes his success to other things except the power of God within him. This is a direct opposite of the state of mind of Apostle Paul when he said “I am what I am by the grace of God”. Even though I work hard and pray hard, every result I have is by God’s grace.
To combat this strategy of the enemy, it is important to daily feast on the word of God. The more of God’s word you read, hear and understand the more empowered you are against the enemy. You would be able to sense the enemy at work and you would have the right instruments to dislodge him. It is also advised that you pray constantly in the Holy Spirit. The bible enjoins us to build up our most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit. So when the enemy comes, we would be ready to win.
Monday, January 9, 2017
ATTENTION NIGERIAN YOUTHS; CHANGE IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY
Though I am a patriotic Nigerian who fervently desires a CHANGE in our fortune as a nation, I am not particularly excited about the ongoing efforts to bring about change. This is because we, who are the main drivers of change are not rising to the occasion when our country needs us the most. I know right now most of us do not think that we are powerful enough to bring about change in Nigeria. I used to think that way to 
until I came across a startling revelation while reading about countries that experienced positive changes. I realized that these countries were transformed by young people who looked helpless and powerless at the start of the journey. For instance, Nelson Mandela was 27years when he was imprisoned. That means he had become a national voice at least two years before. Also, majority of the people that fought to give us independence as a country were at that time youths. I can safely conclude that the surest route to the change we desire as a nation is for all of us to follow the example of our founding fathers. Their shoes have been empty for too long and as a result our country is suffering. I believe it is time for us to step into their shoes and fill it with all our might. They have played their part and we would never forget them. NOW IT IS OUR TURN.
You may ask why this arduous task is our responsibility. It is because we are the ones equipped with the vibrancy, zeal, strength and imagination to effect positive changes in this country. I believe this is what the bible means when it states that the glory of the youths is its strength. We are also the largest part of our country’s population. That alone makes us an unstoppable force capable of taking out any obstacle in its way. With all these power and potential at our disposal, no real change would happen except we get out of our state of inertia and take our place in the ongoing battle for the heart and soul of Nigeria. We have been missing in action for too long that’s why monsters like corruption, terrorism; kidnapping and all the members of their family are having a filled day in our great nation.
Having established that Nigeria is at war for its very soul, allow me to say that just like every war the soldiers need to be well prepared and motivated, weapons need to be available and an effective strategy needs to be in place. Our founding fathers and other people who fought for change in their respective nations understood this fact. So they spent time gathering all the needed weapons and formulating a winning strategy. I believe that we must do the same staring now if we hope to win. Allow me to state here a few of the weapons I found in the arsenal of most of the celebrated change agents regardless of nation, colour and personality.
WEAPON 1
THEY HAD GOD ON THEIR SIDE- While most people would not want to hear this, I was surprised to find out that most of the people who successful brought about change in their nations were deeply spiritual people. The founding fathers of the United States of America went ahead to institutionalize their faith by inscribing the phrase ‘In God we trust’ on their currency and instilling deeply spiritual values in the American people. The result is that over 200years later, the whole world is still trying to unseat them as the most powerful nation in the world. Most leaders of nations in the world measure their performance by the approval of the country referred to as Gods own country by its citizens. Also our founding fathers and most of the leaders whose words echo through the ages were deeply spiritual men. I believe the beginning of the journey is for each one of us to be serious with his faith and dedicated to his God. This would give us power to overcome the seemingly insurmountable obstacles we would surely face in this battle for the soul of Nigeria.
WEAPON 2
INTELLECTUAL SAGACITY- The weapon of intellectual sagacity is an important factor that determines whether we win or lose the battle we are fighting. Agents of national transformation all over the world knew this as such they dedicated their lives to acquiring wisdom and knowledge. Mahatma Gandhi was one of the best lawyers of his time who extended his knowledge base beyond his profession. Same goes for Nelson Mandela, Rev. Dr Martin Luther King jnr. and others too numerous to count. In Nigeria we have the example of patriots like the late Chief Bola Ige who became the secretary of the famed Action Group at the age of 21, spoke about 19 languages fluently and bagged several degrees in his life time. I cannot forget to mention the likes of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sir Ahmadu Bello and others who argued brilliantly with our colonial masters and bought us our freedom as a nation.
I want to state here that the development of intellectual sagacity is not limited to academic learning. Otherwise the recent fall in that the quality of education would be a great hindrance. Rather it is our responsibility to ensure we sharpen our minds. Whatever is lacking in our ivory towers, let look out for other sources of getting it. We also need an open mind to learn what the schools cannot teach. Remember to win a war, you need a mind that can create a strategy better than the strategy of the enemy.
WEAPON 3
THE RIGHT VALUES- Values are ideals or principles influences behaviour and determines result. People who won the battle for the souls of their nations understood that there are certain values required for the job. Therefore they acquired and sustained such values in their hearts. Such values include patriotism, honesty, integrity, hard work and many more. They measured success of failure by the presence or absence of these values. They also celebrated these values with pomp and pageantry. To win the war we are in, there is a need to return to imbibing and celebrating these values. This is because their absence is almost solely responsible for the mess we are in as a nation. For instance, corruption took the driver’s seat in our nation the moment we began to measure success solely by financial acquisitions. Before then you would be exposed and ostracized even by your own family if you took anything that did not belong to you. Now people steal government funds to the tune of billions and still get chieftaincy titles in their towns of origin. Someone told me a woman divorced her husband for returning a huge sum of money left in his cab by a passenger.
I agree these values are not easy to live by but I assure you the reward far outweighs the effort put into it. When we exorcise our nation and take out the prevailing monsters of today, we the agents of change would reap the benefit of influence and opportunities that would produce tremendous wealth. In developed nations, no agent of national transformation is poor except he or she deviates from the values he began with.
WEAPON 4
UNITY- It is the highest degree of arrogance for one person to believe that he can bring about national change without the help of other citizens of the same nation. This is one truth well understood by powerful nations in the world. For them, no affiliation is more important than their affiliation to their country. Therefore, they speak with one voice. Our founding fathers also understood this as such they played down our differences and celebrated our similarities. This action contributed largely to their success. For instance America is what it is today because of the collective effort of all their citizens regardless of their political, religious and ethnic differences.
Sadly along the line our differences were resurrected by elements who benefit from the chaos our nation is in today. We now see ourselves through our political, ethnic and religious differences rather than through the lens of our national heritage. Allegations of marginalization are becoming more rampant in our days today. Opposition parties make it their calling to paint the ruling party in bad light without contributing meaningfully to national development. My people if we are to be agents of change we need to refuse to be divided against ourselves if we intend to stand as a great nation. We also need to desist from embracing leaders who seek to divide us. Most of the time, such people have a hidden personal agenda. We need to pull together our collective uniqueness so our dream for a better Nigeria would be one step closer to becoming a reality.
WEAPON 5
POLITICAL POWER- This is not a weapon in the class of the first weapon but it is a potent weapon none the less. You see politics is a game of numbers and we are about the largest group of people in Nigeria. This means that whoever we do not support is almost certain to lose the election. If we decide not to support people who do not possess both the desire and capacity to transform this nation, we would be forcing this country to move steadily towards change.
However to determine who to support, we need the first four weapons to prevent manipulation as we try to decide who to support during elections. We would be better equipped to challenge their ideologies and fish out people with hidden personal agenda. Let me tell you, most of our current politicians are frightened at the thought of intellectually developed youths who have the right values in place. Because they know that it is next to impossible to pull wool over the eyes of such people. That’s why they attempt to distract us using stomach infrastructure and other means.
In conclusion, being an agent of change is not a jolly ride because human beings are the most resistant to change among God’s creatures. Be that as it may, I know nothing good comes easy. Therefore I am determined to remain an agent of change. There is room for more soldiers in this war. Remember if you allow an evil thing to continue, you are as guilty as the one perpetrating the evil. I am also sure that whether you are an agent of change or a perpetrator of evil, THERE IS A REWARD
until I came across a startling revelation while reading about countries that experienced positive changes. I realized that these countries were transformed by young people who looked helpless and powerless at the start of the journey. For instance, Nelson Mandela was 27years when he was imprisoned. That means he had become a national voice at least two years before. Also, majority of the people that fought to give us independence as a country were at that time youths. I can safely conclude that the surest route to the change we desire as a nation is for all of us to follow the example of our founding fathers. Their shoes have been empty for too long and as a result our country is suffering. I believe it is time for us to step into their shoes and fill it with all our might. They have played their part and we would never forget them. NOW IT IS OUR TURN.
You may ask why this arduous task is our responsibility. It is because we are the ones equipped with the vibrancy, zeal, strength and imagination to effect positive changes in this country. I believe this is what the bible means when it states that the glory of the youths is its strength. We are also the largest part of our country’s population. That alone makes us an unstoppable force capable of taking out any obstacle in its way. With all these power and potential at our disposal, no real change would happen except we get out of our state of inertia and take our place in the ongoing battle for the heart and soul of Nigeria. We have been missing in action for too long that’s why monsters like corruption, terrorism; kidnapping and all the members of their family are having a filled day in our great nation.
Having established that Nigeria is at war for its very soul, allow me to say that just like every war the soldiers need to be well prepared and motivated, weapons need to be available and an effective strategy needs to be in place. Our founding fathers and other people who fought for change in their respective nations understood this fact. So they spent time gathering all the needed weapons and formulating a winning strategy. I believe that we must do the same staring now if we hope to win. Allow me to state here a few of the weapons I found in the arsenal of most of the celebrated change agents regardless of nation, colour and personality.
WEAPON 1
THEY HAD GOD ON THEIR SIDE- While most people would not want to hear this, I was surprised to find out that most of the people who successful brought about change in their nations were deeply spiritual people. The founding fathers of the United States of America went ahead to institutionalize their faith by inscribing the phrase ‘In God we trust’ on their currency and instilling deeply spiritual values in the American people. The result is that over 200years later, the whole world is still trying to unseat them as the most powerful nation in the world. Most leaders of nations in the world measure their performance by the approval of the country referred to as Gods own country by its citizens. Also our founding fathers and most of the leaders whose words echo through the ages were deeply spiritual men. I believe the beginning of the journey is for each one of us to be serious with his faith and dedicated to his God. This would give us power to overcome the seemingly insurmountable obstacles we would surely face in this battle for the soul of Nigeria.
WEAPON 2
INTELLECTUAL SAGACITY- The weapon of intellectual sagacity is an important factor that determines whether we win or lose the battle we are fighting. Agents of national transformation all over the world knew this as such they dedicated their lives to acquiring wisdom and knowledge. Mahatma Gandhi was one of the best lawyers of his time who extended his knowledge base beyond his profession. Same goes for Nelson Mandela, Rev. Dr Martin Luther King jnr. and others too numerous to count. In Nigeria we have the example of patriots like the late Chief Bola Ige who became the secretary of the famed Action Group at the age of 21, spoke about 19 languages fluently and bagged several degrees in his life time. I cannot forget to mention the likes of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Sir Ahmadu Bello and others who argued brilliantly with our colonial masters and bought us our freedom as a nation.
I want to state here that the development of intellectual sagacity is not limited to academic learning. Otherwise the recent fall in that the quality of education would be a great hindrance. Rather it is our responsibility to ensure we sharpen our minds. Whatever is lacking in our ivory towers, let look out for other sources of getting it. We also need an open mind to learn what the schools cannot teach. Remember to win a war, you need a mind that can create a strategy better than the strategy of the enemy.
WEAPON 3
THE RIGHT VALUES- Values are ideals or principles influences behaviour and determines result. People who won the battle for the souls of their nations understood that there are certain values required for the job. Therefore they acquired and sustained such values in their hearts. Such values include patriotism, honesty, integrity, hard work and many more. They measured success of failure by the presence or absence of these values. They also celebrated these values with pomp and pageantry. To win the war we are in, there is a need to return to imbibing and celebrating these values. This is because their absence is almost solely responsible for the mess we are in as a nation. For instance, corruption took the driver’s seat in our nation the moment we began to measure success solely by financial acquisitions. Before then you would be exposed and ostracized even by your own family if you took anything that did not belong to you. Now people steal government funds to the tune of billions and still get chieftaincy titles in their towns of origin. Someone told me a woman divorced her husband for returning a huge sum of money left in his cab by a passenger.
I agree these values are not easy to live by but I assure you the reward far outweighs the effort put into it. When we exorcise our nation and take out the prevailing monsters of today, we the agents of change would reap the benefit of influence and opportunities that would produce tremendous wealth. In developed nations, no agent of national transformation is poor except he or she deviates from the values he began with.
WEAPON 4
UNITY- It is the highest degree of arrogance for one person to believe that he can bring about national change without the help of other citizens of the same nation. This is one truth well understood by powerful nations in the world. For them, no affiliation is more important than their affiliation to their country. Therefore, they speak with one voice. Our founding fathers also understood this as such they played down our differences and celebrated our similarities. This action contributed largely to their success. For instance America is what it is today because of the collective effort of all their citizens regardless of their political, religious and ethnic differences.
Sadly along the line our differences were resurrected by elements who benefit from the chaos our nation is in today. We now see ourselves through our political, ethnic and religious differences rather than through the lens of our national heritage. Allegations of marginalization are becoming more rampant in our days today. Opposition parties make it their calling to paint the ruling party in bad light without contributing meaningfully to national development. My people if we are to be agents of change we need to refuse to be divided against ourselves if we intend to stand as a great nation. We also need to desist from embracing leaders who seek to divide us. Most of the time, such people have a hidden personal agenda. We need to pull together our collective uniqueness so our dream for a better Nigeria would be one step closer to becoming a reality.
WEAPON 5
POLITICAL POWER- This is not a weapon in the class of the first weapon but it is a potent weapon none the less. You see politics is a game of numbers and we are about the largest group of people in Nigeria. This means that whoever we do not support is almost certain to lose the election. If we decide not to support people who do not possess both the desire and capacity to transform this nation, we would be forcing this country to move steadily towards change.
However to determine who to support, we need the first four weapons to prevent manipulation as we try to decide who to support during elections. We would be better equipped to challenge their ideologies and fish out people with hidden personal agenda. Let me tell you, most of our current politicians are frightened at the thought of intellectually developed youths who have the right values in place. Because they know that it is next to impossible to pull wool over the eyes of such people. That’s why they attempt to distract us using stomach infrastructure and other means.
In conclusion, being an agent of change is not a jolly ride because human beings are the most resistant to change among God’s creatures. Be that as it may, I know nothing good comes easy. Therefore I am determined to remain an agent of change. There is room for more soldiers in this war. Remember if you allow an evil thing to continue, you are as guilty as the one perpetrating the evil. I am also sure that whether you are an agent of change or a perpetrator of evil, THERE IS A REWARD
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