Osinbajo placates Nigerians using bible
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they had just left the captivity of egypt where they were cheated and punished by pharaoh. god took them on the journey out of captivity out of anguish and promised them a place of comfort abundance and peace1 vice president yemi osinbajo on sunday displayed his pastoral prowess quoting copiously to analyse nigerias situation to beg nigerians to go forward1 the claws of poverty and injustice you shall see again no more forever the lord will fight for you and you shall hold your peace1 we must go forward we are a people of prophecy1 there have been times when the journey is somewhat tough difficult and fearful we look behind us and see the armies of the past1 the armies of division which led to a civil war where millions died the armies of religious strife that refuse to leave us the armies of corruption and graft those who want us to remain in the captivity of ethnic and religious conflicts1 ahead of us we see the red sea bloody conflicts and the doomsayers saying that the future will be worse than the past1 osinbajo who is also a pastor in the redeem christian church of god drew spiritual analogy to placate nigerians who now believe things were getting worse than it was1 god has said concerning this nation that he is building a new nigeria a nation where men and women of all tribes and faith dwell in love and peace1 a nation where our young people have ample opportunities for productive and rewarding work. the promises of god are sure and certain. 2nd corinthians 1201 osinbajo spoke centred on the topic let us go forward from anguish of the past in his remarks at the democracy day interdenominational church service at the national christian centre on sunday1 for all the promises of god in him are yes and in him amen to the glory of god through us. this is the future and we are headed in that direction already1 drawing form the history of the movement of children of israel for nation building he said the children of israel were on a journey of nation building the lord had promised to take them to a land flowing with milk and honey1 so i say to you brethren in christ and fellow country men and women let us go forward do not look back the armies of the enemy that you see today threatening to kill and maim1 but the journey was tougher than they expected suddenly they saw pharaoh and his army coming after them1 they were unarmed and one of the most vicious armies in history was coming after them. they ran in great fear with their wives and children. they carried the elderly the disabled and the babies but in front of them was the red sea1 no boats to cross the sea. they were between the proverbial devil and the deep blue sea1 so they turned to their leader moses who himself was now full of fear because he didnt expect what they were now experiencing1 a lesson here when god puts you on a journey to your destiny whether you are a person or a nation he doesnt tell you what the challenges will be lest you refuse to undertake the journey1 so the israelites turned to their leader moses saying in exodus 14.11 because there were no graves in egypt have you taken us away to die in the wilderness1 why have you so dealt with us to bring us up out of egypt is this not the word that we told you in egypt saying let us alone that we may serve the egyptians for it would have been better for us to serve the egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness1 he explained that so it is in the journey of nation building and development our own nation is no different we are on a journey from the anguish of the past1 and then the people say why did you take us from where we were the same people who cried in anguish to the lord now say you should have left us in egypt1 we didnt know you were taking us out of captivity to kill us here in the wilderness. like moses the leadership say to god but what shall we do oh lord we didnt expect that this would be a journey to destruction1 then god said to moses in exodus 15 why do you cry to me tell the children of israel to go forward. go forward dont turn back moses inspired by god said to the children of israel do not be afraid stand still and see the salvation of the lord which he will accomplish for you today. for the egyptians whom you see today you shall see again no more forever. the lord will fight for you and you shall hold your peace1 so i say to you brethren in christ and fellow country men and women let us go forward do not look back pastor osinbjo said.1