ALL SAID AND DONE

If we succeed in making the church what it is supposed to be, a house of saints, washed by Jesus blood, holy and righteous but at the same time a place of refuge for sinners that are repentant. A place for those who want to get closer to God, if the church became the window through which the world could see God and His Plan.

If we succeed as Nigerians, if we are able to confront it all, stop corruption, provide 24 hours electricity, have better roads, build a great rail network, get it all to work again, be the wealthiest nation in the world by virtue of the wealth of resources that we have, and for the same reason become the land of opportunity, the land where trees flourish. If we are able to fight the oil spills, stop the gas flaring, have leaders who are content. If we are able to eradicate malaria, cure HIV/AIDS; stop the cancer of corruption that destroys us from within. If we are able to bring an end to the reign of terror by our brothers in the south-south and those in the north. if we all get it right and not turn even the simplest thing upside down like calling a 40 year old man a youth minister.

If we succeed together as a world, if we are able to end the battles that rage, and Syria and Egypt and all of the Arab nations find peace within themselves and with every other nation. if North Korea becomes a tourism destination and Russia and USA have the highest trade figure between themselves. If we are able to find an alternative energy sources other than oil or somehow are able to curb the pollution that stems from the use of oil and gas. If America learns that it can’t always be the world power and cannot forever police the world, if every nation or community will be its own police. If we all learn to live together as one and realise that we would not always agree on everything but can live together just a man does with his wife because He loves her.

If Hollywood and Nollywood learn that they are there to teach us lessons and not to promote the very vices that have led to the deterioration of our world, if they begin to teach us contentment and not an insatiable test for more in the wrong areas. If musicians and artist became the eyes and hears with which we listen to and see the world, if they produces music and art that were divine. if from their music and art we see God's message to man. if their music and art honoured God.

If we become successful entrepreneurs, Ceos, managers, and built organisation that met the needs of people, organisations with proper structures not looking at the slightest opportunity to defraud and make money, organisations that place the need of its client at the forefront, organisations that we could and would pass on to the next generation.

If we are able to marry good wives and have lovely children and leave goodly legacies for them and not a chunk of stolen properties accumulated over the years. If we are able to have great family values and every house sees how it is responsible in no small way to the deterioration of our world when those values are neglected.

If we are all able to love and hope and have faith and we live by these three things.

Oh, if, if,if,if……………………………………………………………………………………………

So if all is said and we done and we by some huge miracle are able to achieve all that we set out to do for our generation. Solve all problems, confront our challenges, and defeat everything that seems to bind us now. What’s next?

We all die and our children become us.

We go back to the same place we came from. Remember that man is a spirit, has a soul and lives in a body; the body returns back to the soil and decays. The spirit and soul go back to its source, its creator – God. We will stand before his son to be judged because he has committed all that to His Son as the Bible says the father judgeth no one.  In front of Him, it’s not a question of whether we have been able to achieve all this; it’s a question of the heart. Are our hearts pure enough to enter into heaven and be in the next heaven and earth He is preparing?

Don’t mistake it there are immense rewards if we are able to achieve these things but what matters most to Him is not whether or not we can achieve these things(someday I’ll write on this). It is the state of our hearts.

The heart of man is wicked the Bible says, it’s all over the news, Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, The government of Syria and many other nations. Even the smallest things show it, a child wanting to have his or her way, a man or woman wanting to have pleasure at the cost of another’s. It’s a screwed up world.

So today, He wants to come into our lives, take away that heart of stone and put in us a heart of flesh that looks to please Him. A heart that is Holy. We know how hard this is that is why we all have to turn to God to save us, as we kneel before him every day our prayer should be:

FATHER, after all is said and done today and I am able to achieve all that I should, search me and keep me Holy, Righteous and True. At peace with you.