The General Superintendent, Deeper Life Bible Church, Worldwide, Pastor William Kumuyi, on Sunday regretted that Nigeria’s development has not been able to match its great possibilities.
Kumuyi said this in a sermon he delivered at an interdenominational church service held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja to commemorate Nigeria’s 58th independence.
The theme of the service was ‘Harnessing our diversity for national development.’
Taking the text of his sermon from 1 Corinthians 12:14-27, the clergyman likened Nigeria to the Corinthian church, which he described as one of the most gifted churches in the New Testament but failed to utilise its diversified gifts for collective greatness.
He said, “No doubt, our nation, like the Corinthian Church, is endowed with highly resourceful citizens by the Almighty God.
“Selfless and committed to our national development, we could easily become the envy of many nations.
“But our national development has not matched our great possibilities like Corinth.”
Kumuyi added, “We (Nigerians) are obsessed with strife and personality cult. We are blinded by selfish ingratitude. We take pride in harmful dissipations.
“Crimes against our fellow men are taking too much toll on our national life. Our families are under siege. We seem to be losing conscience in the nation.
“Selfless sacrifice for the good of others is waning. We are toeing the path of previous nations that destroyed themselves.
“Our lack of discernment is weakening the church and the nation. Our reactionary individualism may deprive us of personal and national greatness.”
For the ways out of the many national problems, Kumuyi asked Nigerians to be ready to rethink national priorities, repent, reconcile for peaceful partnership, reconnect for purposeful pursuit, recommit to positive principles, redirect national plans and projects as well as renew the passion for progress.
He said once these were done, the nation would move forward.
Source: punchng
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