'FOREVER' BY KARI JOBE

If there are words for Him, Then I don’t have them
You see my brain has not yet reached the point
Where it can form a thought
That could adequately describe the greatness of my God

And my lungs have not yet developed the ability to
Release a breath with enough agility to
Breathe out the greatness of His love

And my voice, you see my voice is so inhibited,
Restrained by human limits
That it’s hard to even sing the praise of….
You see if there words for Him, then I don’t have them

My God,
His Grace is Remarkable,
Mercies are Innumerable,
Strength is Impenetrable,
He is Honourable, Accountable, Favourable,
He is Unsearchable yet Knowable,
Indefinable yet Approachable,
Indescribable yet Personal,
He is beyond comprehension, further than imagination, constant through generations, king of every nation

But if there are words for Him, then I don’t have them
You see my words are few
And to try and capture the one true God using my vocabulary will never do,
But I use words as an expression, an expression of worship to a Saviour,
A Saviour who is both worthy and deserving of my praise, so I use words

My heart extols the Lord, Blesses his name forever,
He has won my heart, captured my mind and has bound them both together,
He has defeated me in my rebellion, conquered me in my sin,
He has welcomed me into His presence, completely invited me in,
He has made Himself the object of my sight.
Flooded me with Mercies in the morning, drowning me with Grace in the night
But if there are words for Him then I don’t have them

But what I do have is Good news, for my God knew that man-made words will never do,
For words are just tools
That we use to point to the truth,
So He sent His Son Jesus Christ as the Word, Living Proof,
He is the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn of all creation, for by Him all things were created,
Giving nothingness formation and by His words He sustains by the power of His Name

For He is before all things
And over all things He reigns, Holy is His Name
So Praise Him for His Life
The way He persevered in strife,
The Humble Son of God becoming the Perfect Sacrifice,
Praise Him for His death

That He willingly stood in our place,
That He lovingly endured the grave,
That He bowed our enemy and on the third day rose in victory,


He is everything that was promised
Praise Him as the Risen King,
Lift your voice and sing,
For one day He will return for us and
We will finally be united with our Saviour for Eternity, Eternity

So it’s not just words that I proclaim
For my words quoted the Word
And The Word has a Name
Hope has a name
Joy has a name
Peace has a name
Love has a name and
That name is Jesus Christ
Praise His Name Forever

Credits to the Song 'Forever' by Kari Jobe

Lessons From an Election.

O Nigeria, My Nigeria.

When will you learn, when will you understand

When will you see, when will you hear

That there is Hope, that there is better

That there are men who can give us better than we have now.

That there is a better Nigeria, that there is a better nation

That we are all we have.

That we are first Nigerians before being called

Igbos, Hausas, Fulanis, Kanuris,Yorubas

That we are first men before our divisions

That we need to change how we think about ourselves

That Competence builds a nation

That equity and Justice builds a nation

That capacity building is the way

That every one of us especially our leaders should be held to the same standards

Our election results show that only few understand this.

Our elections show that only few can see this.

Our elections results show that we do not understand that a man should be judged by His performance and not His ethnic or religious divide.

Oh Nigeria, Let your eyes be opened

Let your ears hear,

Let the wind carry this news to the ears of every Nigerian.

Let the Few make this known in the ear of every Nigerian.

THE CHRISTIAN POLITICIAN

I often I'm lost between two worlds. Being part of the Church and being Nigerian. Because the church clearly points out the dirt in our politics and in our fallen world. The question then is what is our role? How can we change the world without being leaders?

We are the light of the world, the salt in the earth, we are the ‘Life’ of the world. So our thirst for things to be better wherever we find ourselves is what makes us Christians.We do know however, that we will never have the world that we want till Christ comes. But till He comes we have the responsibility to uphold righteousness, justice and equity.The church has often failed in this regard, till God intervenes again and again and shows us that we are only a shadow of the perfect world to come.

I’ll take my cue from Solomon, he said ‘The words of the Preacher, the son of David, King in Jerusalem’ some interpretations put it like this ‘I the Preacher, son of David, was King in Jerusalem’

In saying this He recognised that He was First and foremost a preacher, then the son of His Father and then King of Jerusalem.

How does this apply to us today? We Christians are First Preachers.

We Preach a Message, the Gospel.

The Gospel is the love of God for man. We preach Hope, Faith, Love. We preach Love, Joy, Peace, Long-suffering, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Meekness and Temperance. Our Gospel is that in the midst of a world with changing vanities, and that these virtues should and need to remain.

So to any Christian who preaches doom for the world, we are missing our message because the truth is this world will get better, Christ will reign in this world for 1000 years.

Our message is that God will however reign His wrath on those who will go against the principles of Christ that make the world a better place, Our message is that men should repent from their evil ways and turn to Righteousness, Justice and Equity. Our message is that we cannot rule ourselves that we need our creator to be able to make the world the better place we want and will find.

However, we must first become citizens of that world by becoming a people saved, sanctified and consecrated to Righteousness, Justice and Equity. A World with peace and Joy cannot have attitudes that are contrary to the teachings and dictates of Christ.

So our political stance is that we will not reward corruption, we will not pardon the enrichment of one to the detriment of many, that we will continue to work to make Nigeria and the world a better place, that we will work towards having a world where we can all be at peace, a world that Christ will inhabit.

Now, there are many who will not agree with our creed, who will take a stand against righteousness, peace, equity, justice and joy. Yes, there are many of them, who for their selfish interest will not believe our message, who will call our Christ a Fraud, who will say that there can be no better world, who will say it is not possible for a man to be perfect, holy and uphold all these things that I talk about, there are many who will say they are a part of us but will not chase after righteousness, holiness and purity, they are the ones we must convince and if they will not bulge, they will face the wrath of our God in the world to come because the world to come cannot have and will not have the injustices of this world.

So however, we try to fulfil this creed, by running for political offices or not. Our message remains simple.

That God is our creator and it is only in Him through Christ that we can have the world that every man wishes for. He makes us better men so that we can build and inhabit a better world.

No religion, no philosophy can offer this. This is what we call all men to. Our Hope.