*THIS CHRISTMAS AND 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS

THIS CHRISTMAS AND 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS

This Christmas celebration is another unique one that reminds us of the need to resolve to dispel darkness and enthrone light even as 2023 general elections load in Nigeria. 

Jesus' Revolution is about love and the frontal deconstruction of evil forces and their wicked strategies. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16); "The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). 

Indeed, Jesus Christ came to restore but only with us shall the restoration be consummatted (Jeremiah 29:11; Hebrews. 11.40; Deutoronomy 2:13). The part of the bargain that man must fulfill for the great plans of God to come to practical fruition is to believe and have faith in God; obey His Word and courageously work. When these conditions are fulfilled, then God will activate his favours and blessings upon us as individuals and as a nation.

The establishments and structures that have continued to be clogs in the wheel of Nigeria's progress have to give way to an egalitarian and utilitarian regime where the greatest good of the greatest number is served through the collective resolve of Nigerian people. The divine revelation of God through Jesus Christ is consummated when people who are held captives by demonic principalities and powers are freed from all forms of bondages: Dynasty of poverty, hunger, fear, prejudices, stereotypes, segregations, etc.

The mission statement of Jesus, the reason for christmas is one and very clear: "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free"(Luke 4:18, NIV). No ambiguity or contradictions in this mission statement!

Nigeria and our sub-national levels are in dare need of empathic, visionary, inspiring, transformative and transgenerational leaders in the order of Jesus Christ. Jesus the son, prophet and sacrificial lamb of God is the Good Shepherd: "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep"(John 10:11-13

ESV).

With God all things are possible. There are no impossibilities. Ballot revolution is loading, by the grace of God and the express will of all Nigerians! 

*(Modest Thoughts with Ayuba Yilgak'ha, Dec. 25, 2022)*