Nigeria - The Land of Our Inheritance

Nigeria is a great country. As Christians living in Nigeria and as
citizens of this great country, I want to say that we all have a
glorious, fantastic inheritance here in Nigeria (Africa). I know that
our inheritance is in heaven, where there is no more sadness; no more
pain; no more suffering, and where we shall see Jesus face to face,
yet this our glorious inheritance begins HERE AND NOW on earth!This
inheritance may not be in a platter of gold. Nothing good comes so
easy, and so, taking the easy route to our inheritance may not be the
best option for us. In Joshua 19:41-46, the Bible tells us about the
tribe of Dan and the cities that formed their inheritance. One of them
is Ekron, a Philistine city. The Philistines were warriors, with so
many giants in their land. They also had iron chariots, yet these
Danites had to contend with them over their inheritance. They actually
saw problems with the inheritance God gave them. They marched off
somewhere else looking for a place to settle, until they came to
Laish, an isolated place. They paid the price of taking the easy
route, settling for the second best.When you settle for the second
best in God, you actually will lose your inheritance. As Nigerians,
our inheritance is here, not elsewhere. Therefore we need to salvage
our dear country, bring her to greatness and eat the fruit of the land
(our inheritance)! More so, when Moses sent the 12 spies who searched
out the land of Canaan, they were asked to go and ascertain the
goodness or the otherwise of the land. They went and confirmed that it
was a good land after 40 days search as God promised Moses before
Israel left Egypt. They reported that the good land was inhabited by
deadly enemies, but Caleb and Joshua reported that it was a good land,
but that they were equal to the task (Numbers13:30; 14:1-9).I want to
report that our country Nigeria is a land that God has blessed with
diverse blessings and the cities, in which we live, have a lot of
treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, but it
requires courage, spiritual fighting and understanding, to get our
portion or inheritance from these blessings. Though so many people,
even Christians, feel intimidated because of the presence of stiff
oppositions, yet our portion of the inheritance will not be lost. I
want you to understand that the good of the land is for those who are
righteous (Isaiah 1:18-19; Deuteronomy.28:1-13). For you to get your
portion in this land certain things must be on ground which cannot be
compromised. If any person is in doubt of the possibility of getting
his portion in the midst of terrible competition, opposition,
corruption and evil in the society today, he should listen to people
like Joshua and Caleb and avoid taking the easy route that leads to
perpetual bondage.