As I opened my bible and began to read a chapter in the book of revelations, a verse caught my attention.....
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. (Revelation 6:9-11 NKJV)
After going through the whole chapter and meditating on those verses, I realized the whole religious tussle in northern Nigeria is a serious issue both physically as a whole and spiritually as well. One wonders, what becomes of those who were killed, mangled, blasted, bombed, shot, slaughtered? What is their gain? In the midst of this, this chapter in the book of revelations has answered a lot of these questions and even much more, that there is hope for the martyrs, they have peace of mind, free from the hustle of this planet, not thinking of what to eat next, clothes to wear etc., above all, they still have the living in mind, interceding on our behalf, so that the killings will stop.
There is hope for the believer, we have hope in God and He's going to intervene on our behalf because even the slain ones are not resting, they seek justice persistently. Even if the government, stake holders and influential people decide not to do anything, even if they say all sorts about the CAN president and label him a rebel, even if they sit back in their homes ordering that the military shouldn't take action as regards the "Jos massacre", even if they belittle people trying to speak out for the right thing to be done, we have hope, our martyrs are constantly crying for us and we know God will intervene.
Let us come together, pray as a Nation because all these will also affect us as a whole, not only as individuals or a nuclear family. Let's say NO to extremism, let's say NO to any form of terrorism.
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed. (Revelation 6:9-11 NKJV)
After going through the whole chapter and meditating on those verses, I realized the whole religious tussle in northern Nigeria is a serious issue both physically as a whole and spiritually as well. One wonders, what becomes of those who were killed, mangled, blasted, bombed, shot, slaughtered? What is their gain? In the midst of this, this chapter in the book of revelations has answered a lot of these questions and even much more, that there is hope for the martyrs, they have peace of mind, free from the hustle of this planet, not thinking of what to eat next, clothes to wear etc., above all, they still have the living in mind, interceding on our behalf, so that the killings will stop.
There is hope for the believer, we have hope in God and He's going to intervene on our behalf because even the slain ones are not resting, they seek justice persistently. Even if the government, stake holders and influential people decide not to do anything, even if they say all sorts about the CAN president and label him a rebel, even if they sit back in their homes ordering that the military shouldn't take action as regards the "Jos massacre", even if they belittle people trying to speak out for the right thing to be done, we have hope, our martyrs are constantly crying for us and we know God will intervene.
Let us come together, pray as a Nation because all these will also affect us as a whole, not only as individuals or a nuclear family. Let's say NO to extremism, let's say NO to any form of terrorism.
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