THERE IS ONE WHO LOVES ME

 

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life 

       - John 3: 16
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There is one who loves me;
There is one who loves me so much;
His love is incomparable;
His love is pure;
His love is true;
 

There is one who loves me;
His love is unfathomable;
His love is indescribable;
His love is unconditional;

  
There is one that loves me so much;
He left all just because of me;
He abandoned all just to set me free;
He gave up his majesty so that I may be enthroned;

There is one who loves me so much;
He gave up his kingdom to make me a king;
He casted down his crown to give me a crown of life;
He became a mortal man that I could become a god;
He assumed servant hood that I could inherit son ship;
He gave up his claim that I could become an heir of his kingdom;

There is one who loves me so much;
He wore a crown of thorns for my sake;
He took the thirty-nine lashes I should have taken;
He was crucified on the cross in my stead;
He died the death I should have died;

There is one who loves me so much;
His love is real;
When all forsook me, he was there for me;
When I was abandoned by family and friends, he stood by me;
When society rejected me, he accepted me;
When it seemed like it was over and my game was up,
there he was at my side encouraging me through the race of life;

There is one who loves me so much;
His name is Jesus, the savior of the world;
He love you too.

 

SEE WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO OURSELVES IN THE NAME OF RELIGION

 

See what we have done to ourselves in the name of religion.
Look at what we have let religion do to us.

See, look and behold.
See what wreck we have wrought, look at the destruction and devastation we have brought upon ourselves, behold the carnage our bloodletting has caused.

How did this happen? How did we come to this?

Once upon a time there was peace amongst the various religions;
there were agreements and mutual understanding amongst the adherents of the different faiths;
We co-existed even in our differences.

But suddenly self-righteousness, zealotry and bigotry came upon us; and men stood up in defense of God. Men thought God too merciful and weak and took upon themselves the right to be executors of the judgment of God.
And so the carnage began; the destruction and wreckage consumed us.

We abandoned the spirit of love and self-control, and wore upon ourselves the cloaks of extremism and mayhem.
Rather than being the images of God, we became incarnates of the spirit of destruction and unleashed terror on each other.
After so much wars and bloodshed; in the end no one won, but we all lost.

For we arose from our stabbing, clubbing and inferno to behold our new inventions; our pride of massive carnage and arson. We had nothing but miles and miles of man created waste lands where we once had productive space full of cultivated fields, businesses and industries.

When we finally paused to take a critical look at our inventions, we frowned in horror at the doom we had brought on ourselves.
For lives were lost, lineages wiped out, wealth destroyed and many years wasted.

We sat in the dust to wail; we mourned our much loss. 

But pride and hatred found their way back into our hearts and rather than take the fall for our mistakes, we blamed the adherents of other faiths for our woes and they blamed us for theirs.
 In vengeance and in search of retribution, we continued the war and have continued to war without end. Behold the result… ceaseless mayhem.

See what we have done to ourselves in the name of religion.
We have made a mockery of God and have flaunted his laws and commandments.
We have shed innocent blood and destroyed his creatures.
We have deserted his ways and taken to religion.
We have prided in our philosophies and doctrines, thus abandoning God’s ordinances.
In the end it is all vanity, waste and nothingness.
Look at what we have done to ourselves in the name of religion.

WHY AM I BORN NIGERIAN?

I am a Nigerian

Born of Nigeria

Why am I born of this Nation?

Why am I born a Nigerian?

Why am I born of this country that lies at the west of the African continent?

Why am I born Nigerian?

I could have been born Ghanaian

I could have been born Egyptian

I could have been born South African

I could have even be born American, Asian or European

But I am born of Africa

I am born Nigerian

But why oh Lord?

Why did you make me Nigerian?

Do you hate me this much?

Did you destine me to be inferior to others?

Am I purposed to live in penury?

Am I?

If not, then why did you choose to make me Nigerian?

You could have made me someone else, other than a Nigerian?

Why am I born a Nigerian?

Am I born so that I can live in poverty?

Am I created to endure corruption?

Am I born to live in fear and insecurity?

Am I born to endure tribal wars, religious intolerance and terrorism without end?

Am I born to live in inflation and a shattered economy?

Am I?

If not, then why am I born of a country where nothing works?

Why then am I born a Nigerian?

The average Nigerian lives below $2 a day

The life expectancy of a Nigerian is 47 years, the lowest in the entire West Africa

Her infant mortality rate is 91.54

It is scarcity, hunger, poverty, unemployment and premature death for the average Nigerian

Yet I am born Nigerian

For what reason?

I am born Nigerian for such a time as this

I am born Nigerian for a purpose

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven

I am born a Nigerian for a purpose

A divine purpose

A purpose to show forth the glory of the Lord

In this Nigerian Socio- economic adversity

I was born to make changes

To turn the Nigerian order

The Nigerian order from despair to hope

From visions to reality

From poverty to prosperity

I was born to be above the tide

To improve the lives of people

To take my nation Nigeria from obscurity to lime light

To move Nigeria from an indebted nation to an economic giant

To move Nigeria from a consumer economy to an innovative and creative nation

To turn around the sufferings of my people Nigeria and restore the Nigerian dream of greatness

I was born for such a time as this

I love me country

I love Nigeria

I am proud to be a Nigerian

OXYGEN

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Now the earth was formless and void and the Holy Spirit hovered over the face of the deep and God said let there be light… and there was light.

And so God began the creation of the most magnificent breath-taking paradise ever seen by the mortal eyes, the envy of all the sister planets and extra- terrestrial realms. It was made a replica of heaven. He called it earth.

It was so perfect, that God himself had to live there. And God said, let us make Man in our image and after our likeness. So God created Man, in his image and likeness created He him, male and female created he them.

And the Lord God formed men of the dust of the ground. From the mere dust he created the most intricate and most sophisticated of all creatures. Dust He was, dust he would have always been. He would have remained lifeless and would have been mere dust.

And God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. He arose from the dust and became alive, alive with the breath of God in him.

Oxygen, the life of God… Oxygen.

God put him on earth with the sole purpose that he may have fellowship with him.

As long as he communed and fellowshipped with God, he had the oxygen of God in Him that made him immortal and eternal. He lived without sorrow on the earth.

But man was deceived, not knowing he was a god, the creature craved to become the creator. And so he ate of the forbidden fruit and exchanged divinity for humanity, immortality for mortality.  And from that that  day he became a Frankenstein- bound to sin, full of evil and wicked at heart. He became a living zombie… just breathing air but without the life of God in him which was hois very oxygen.

And man became an incarnate of destruction and with his very hands destroyed what God created. Man was given over to sin- witchcraft, malice, deception, adultery, murder, fornication, idolatry and all forms of sin.

No Oxygen. Absence of Oxygen. No life of God.

The Curse of sin was laid on man. For the soul that sinneth must die. It is appointed for men to die once, but after that is judgement. From dust we came, to dust we shall return. And we all shall appear before God and give account of our lives, how we spent our days on earth. We must all give account of the oxygen God gave us. We must give account of the breath God has given us.

Oxygen Oxygen Oxygen

What have you done with the breath God has given you? You shall give an account of the oxygen given to you.

CAMPUS UNMARKED TOMBS

I took a stroll behind the girls’ hostel on campus. I was alone with my thoughts; I wondered upon many things I stretched my thoughts beyond the limits of my imaginations. As I did this I unknowingly wandered beyond the proposed point I had marked to start my return journey from. While still caught up in the illusions of deep thoughts a foul stench filled the air. As I inhaled this pungent smell, my thoughts returned like a crashing plane hitting the ground and I became conscious of my environment. “What’s that stench and where is it coming from?” I asked myself. As I looked around, I perceived the direction it was coming from. As I looked ahead in the direction of the source of the stench, I noticed it was from the drainage. I sighed and under my breath muttered “Can’t they ever keep the environment clean? Nigeria, Oh! Nigeria”.
  
At this point I decided to turn back and return because the stench was nauseating and irritating; but I could not move. I was glued to that point; I was stuck there like a statue. I desired to leave but something was drawing me to that spot. I struggled within myself; I battled with the thoughts, till I was subdued. Taking my handkerchief from my pocket and masking my nose and mouth I slowly moved towards the drainage. As I got nearer the stench intensified and I felt like throwing up. As I got to the drainage I peeped within. The drainage was blocked and covered with algae with all manner of substances in it. “For God’s sake what on earth will block drainage this large?” I asked. I had my fill of irritable horror and was about leaving when I saw a movement that caught my attention. I moved closer in spite of the stench and leaned closer to have a better look. I discovered that the movement was caused by maggots and they were feeding on something. As I observed this, I discovered that the entire gutter had these creatures. They were everywhere and were feeding on things that were deposited in the gutter. As I stared at the maggots, like scales falling from my eyes, I got form of what they were feeding on. They seemed to be little lambs that fell into the gutter in attempts to cross over to the other side. “But how did lambs these much have fallen into the gutter at this particular area?” I asked myself. As I observed, I discovered that they were not lambs but were human forms- little human forms.

As if the drainage was lighted by search lights, my vision became sharp even though twilight set in, as I beheld lifeless fetuses being ravaged by maggots. Goose bumps covered my flesh as I began to curse the girls who had done these. Anger and rage filled me as I felt like murdering those who had done these. But that dissolve was quickly replaced by a cold chill that went down my spine. The small voice that I just heard frightened me and perspiration broke on my forehead as I considered the words that I just heard. “He who is without sin should cast the first stone!” came quiet and still, but I trembled allover violently. I then remembered how I denied and refused to accept the pregnancy Rahab had although I had slept with her on so many occasions. I enjoyed every bit of the sexual pleasure and took my fill of her body. Guilt covered my heart and my mind as I remembered how I made a misery of that girl’s plight. I didn’t want a child because I wasn’t ready but did she? Was she ready? We were both in school. I never considered her at all; I never considered her feeling at all. It was all about me. What about the baby? It wasn’t until now that I knew where my baby lay as I beheld a particular foetus and as I stared at it I heard that voice say “that’s your child”.
            
A cold chill swept over me as I looked around hoping nobody heard that voice. I became afraid as I began to move back, as reality dawned on me. I shook my head as I continually murmured: “No, No”. Rahab wasn’t pregnant any more of course, I now knew how heartless I was as I irresponsibly decided the fate of my child by denying its paternity. I turned, began to walk away, I looked back again at the drainage, my heart beat faster. I suddenly became afraid- afraid of the truth- that I had stained my own hands by murdering an innocent child. I had murdered my child. Not physically by my own hands but spiritually and emotionally by disowning it. I began to run as darkness set in; it wasn’t outer darkness alone but inner darkness.

I ran with all my strength in an attempt to escape the torment and guilt that now beclouded my mind and heart. I tried to run away from the past. I felt I could, but the truth was I could never; except I accepted it and faced it through Christ- through Jesus Christ. I could have given that child a better chance; I should have given that baby a chance to live by accepting paternity of the child. Wherever I go, wherever I run to, the truth remains that the drainage; that gutter, WAS THE UNMARKED BURIAL PLACE FOR MY CHILD!

I AM A KING

I AM A KING

And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Rev 1:6 (KJV)

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I am a King;

I am royalty;

I am of noble stock;

Not of common stock;

I am a King;

I am not of a mortal Kingdom;

I am of a heavenly one;

I belong to an everlasting monarchy;

A kingdom that reigns till eternity;

Enduring through time and space;

I am a King;

Born not of corruptible seed;

Born not of the will of men;

But born of God;

Which is seed incorruptible;

I am a King;

I may look ordinary, but I am extra-ordinary

I may appear belittled, but I am a giant on the inside;

I am full of greatness;

For He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world;

I am a King;

I may have no physical scepter;

I may have no physical throne;

But I am seated in heavenly realms with Christ Jesus;

Far above Principalities and powers;

I am a King;

I may have no earthly crown;

In Heaven, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me;

I am a King,

Indeed I am;

I may not look it;

I may not resemble it;

But I talk it;

I proclaim it;

I shall have what I say, for I am what God says I am;

I am a King;

I may have no hoard of treasures;

I may not have gold, silver or precious stones;

But I have treasures stored-up in heaven;

Where Moth and rust do not corrupt;

Nor thieves break in and steal;

I am a King;

I may have no castle here on earth;

But in my Father’s house are many mansions;

One prepared for me awaits me;

One with waters as clear as crystals;

With streets that are paved with gold;

I am a king;

I am enslaved to no mortal man;

Let no man bother me;

For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus;

I have on my forehead the seal of sonship and I have on my shoulders the stars of a General;

I AM A KING INDEED!

-Asonye David Chijioke

10:01am

22.04.16