I went to a vigil yesterday and it was great why? because as we started the vigil we were asked to give thanks that today we are here as Nigerians united under one umbrella praying together. It was awesome! Then a few minutes ago my friend was chatting with me and she asks "you had not said anything about the independence, you of all people". I laughed and thought what else can one say to a generation just growing?
However, I remember the first independence celebration I watched on TV. Yeah I remember our silver jubilee and if you ask me that was the best Independence ceremony Nigeria ever had that i soooooooooo enjoyed. The theme was great and for me since then I strongly understood the value of unity. Sticking out together as one!
Today Nigeria is 1 year into the second generation of a people free from colonial masters. We moved out of Egypt but the sad part is that like the Israelite did after leaving Egypt we still moving round in the wilderness. Israel was supposed to spend less than 2 months crossing over to the promised land but they spent 40years doing what they should have done in 40days.
You know why? They never looked forward; not to the future or to the promises that God gave them. All they could think of was the fact that they never had to be responsible for anything except "be a slave". Feeding, sleeping, washing, even the sex of the children they had was determined by their masters. So much so that they lacked the power to think for themselves, they just existed.
Our generation; those of us that were born after the independence in 1960 is a year old today. However, we still allow our lives to be dictated by the mistakes of the first generation and the masters they got their training from. Honestly I must tell you it is only a person with slave mentality and the fear of been responsible that will hoard for himself not having the hope of surviving on his own.
What we need are Nigerians of young mind and uncommon sense that would take responsibility for freedom. I once read a book by Myles Monroe, it was titled the burden of freedom. I guess most of us have not read it abi? Anyway the book tells us the difference between a slave generation, a delivered generation and a truly free generation. A slave generation is a zombie nation with no thought for the past and non for the future, the only thing he is good for is serving the master. The delivered generation is happy to be free of its master but does not want the responsibility of thinking and planning for his future. He would rather give that to "A Moses" to do. If he is hungry "Moses" does something about it, if he needs to pee "Moses" does something about it. And then if he needs to hear from God"Moses" does the hearing then he relates it to him. He does not want a part of the God who gave him responsibility as well as freedom. The truly free generation is the one that takes the deliverance and converts it into ownership by taking responsibility for his future.
The Israelite never understood this and neither did Adam in the garden. God called, Adam answered. When he was asked did you eat the fruit, he replies not with an apology but he shelves the responsibility for his act on the guy that gave him life (his creator). The way he saw it; if God had not made woman he would not have sinned. Very funny I am sure the devil would have found another way. Imagine what would have happened if Adam had come out accepting he was wrong and asks for a chance to make amends?
Our generation must stand up and be responsible. Create jobs instead of waiting for one to be offered to us. Study hard, buy books, read had instead of waiting for the government to fill the library and the lecturers to teach us what we need to know. Talk directly to your maker instead of waiting for a "Pastor" that would fast on your behalf. Lets be creative, innovative, truly free and be Nigerian.
Ours is the generation that counts!!
We are the Joshua generation that crossed Jordan and got the land that was promised our fathers. They dreamt of freedom of been independent, but they forgot to dream of true freedom because to be truly free we must hold the future by the throat and direct it the way we know it should be. We must be willing to take care of the house we live in but did not build, water the grapes that we will harvest but did not plant, pave the roads of our lives that was we move on but did not build. We must be willing to live a freedom we have but did not work for.
WE MUST BE READY TO WORK!! WE ARE JUST A YEAR OLD, THIS SECOND GENERATION OF OURS AND YET WE ARE NOT YET IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. I WONDER WHY?
I AM PROUD TO BE NIGERIAN, MY HEAD ARE LIFTED HIGH AND I WOULD NOT WISH TO BE CALLED BY ANY OTHER NATIONALITY EXCEPT "A NIGERIAN"
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE MY PEOPLE. GOD BLESS NIGERIA AND GOD BLESS US ALL!!
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