Why you can become the needed messiah

                              By Bayo Ogunmupe

    Nigeria is in dire need of the messiah today. There is no light, no food, no jobs; there has never been a period so dismal and hopeless as this time. Which is why like the Biblical Shamgar, you can become Nigeria's messiah. As such, you will bring peace to the Boko Haram ravaged Borno Kanem; reconciliation to the Niger Delta, prosperity and employment to the teeming population of the unemployed. "Shamgar struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad,"Judges 3:31. Shamgar is mentioned only twice in the Bible. His story takes up three lines and two verses. That means you don't need a period of previous experience. In fact experience has been made obsolete by modern technology.

      And Shamgar's impact was amazing. this is a challenge to those who murmur, "God would never use someone like me." Shamgar was the least qualified person to deliver Israel from the Philistines. For a start he wasn't even an Israelite. Originally, his name was Hurrian. He could have rationalized inaction in a dozen different ways. "I don't have the right weapon, I can't do this by myself. These aren't even my people." If you are looking for excuses you find many. But if you are not looking for one you will not find any.

    When making excuses, we're infinitely creative. We better channel that creativity into finding solutions. If you did God could use you as a messiah to fulfill Jehovah's purpose just as He used Shamgar. When Providence stirs your heart, you cannot sit back and watch Nigeria go under. You have got to step into the fray no matter the danger. And when you do this, it becomes a defining moment in your life. Never worry about the results. If it is right, the results are God's responsibility. Just focus on doing the right things for the right reasons; refuse to buy into the lie that it can't be done.

    All things are possible to those who believe. You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you: Philippians 4:13. A failed attempt isn't failure. If you are trying in God's eyes you are succeeding. So grab your oxgoad and go for the Presidency of Nigeria. Like a mercenary, Shamgar decided that if he was going to go down, he would go down fighting. And that is the key to deliverance. As one to deliver Nigeria from the clutches of insecurity and unemployment, you must be ready to die for your convictions. You should go on the offensive. But there comes a point when you say, "Enough is enough," otherwise like former president Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, you go down the hill of disrepute.

    Indeed, through indecision, you are only one decision away from a totally different life; a life of regret on the plains of hesitation. So stop procrastinating, stop being a perfectionist. When it comes to working your goal, your greatest enemy is inertia. Stop your tendency towards doing things the same way, hoping for a miracle. So be a Shamgar, take action, God's grace makes victory, not your own power. Goals don't fulfill themselves only rituals do. Imagine being able to bend the world to your will. Believe it or not you can bend the world to your will. This is because we live in simulation universe. You can create the world you want.