One
of the biggest problems of Nigeria is religion. Religion has helped devalued
human capital and leadership. Coming from my constituency I can say boldly that
over 90% of our local churches operate at a mediocre level. Leadership in the
church is about using mediocre and incompetent people to rule over the good and
competent people.
And the bible verse often used to carry out this heinous act is, ‘God uses the weak things of the world to confound the wise’, and true to those words it is the intention of the church to always suppress it best while elevating the most stupid. I wonder if those words were not in existences when God chose highly learned Paul and Barnabas to preach the gospel at global level. Even the narrow minded and culturally bound Barnabas had limited reach with the gospel as he continually return to his base in Malta to which Paul found limiting. The gospel is a global product that cannot thrive on mediocrity or be culturally restrictive. The need to be locally responsive should not reduce the church to a bunch that celebrate stupidity; unequipped and unexposed leadership. I guess the church forgets so easily the words of Daniel that ‘the people that know their God shall do exploit and those that have understanding shall lead many’. That is why the church does not know what leadership stand for. The people just become too simple and believe that leadership can be bestowed on anybody. It is simply casting pearl to the swine. That is why the church is as guilty as the society on the type and level of leadership on display. That is why the society continues to churn out mediocre as leaders and the church spiritually concludes that it is the act of God. Is God then a mediocre? God allow the leaders we want to rule us. It is the level of understanding of a society that determines the type of leaders they want and God will consent because He does not always interfere in the affairs of men. He has given man dominion to rule over other things and humanity as well. Don’t drag God into mediocrity. He is not a mediocre; every society is ruled at the level of their sophistication or mediocrity
And the bible verse often used to carry out this heinous act is, ‘God uses the weak things of the world to confound the wise’, and true to those words it is the intention of the church to always suppress it best while elevating the most stupid. I wonder if those words were not in existences when God chose highly learned Paul and Barnabas to preach the gospel at global level. Even the narrow minded and culturally bound Barnabas had limited reach with the gospel as he continually return to his base in Malta to which Paul found limiting. The gospel is a global product that cannot thrive on mediocrity or be culturally restrictive. The need to be locally responsive should not reduce the church to a bunch that celebrate stupidity; unequipped and unexposed leadership. I guess the church forgets so easily the words of Daniel that ‘the people that know their God shall do exploit and those that have understanding shall lead many’. That is why the church does not know what leadership stand for. The people just become too simple and believe that leadership can be bestowed on anybody. It is simply casting pearl to the swine. That is why the church is as guilty as the society on the type and level of leadership on display. That is why the society continues to churn out mediocre as leaders and the church spiritually concludes that it is the act of God. Is God then a mediocre? God allow the leaders we want to rule us. It is the level of understanding of a society that determines the type of leaders they want and God will consent because He does not always interfere in the affairs of men. He has given man dominion to rule over other things and humanity as well. Don’t drag God into mediocrity. He is not a mediocre; every society is ruled at the level of their sophistication or mediocrity
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