The Economy and money preachers:

The state of the Nigerian economy today is something that calls for urgent attention. There's so much hunger and poverty in the land; so much that a serving state Governor said today's hunger surpasses the one that was experienced during the Nigerian civil war. You may not agree with him, but the truth remains - Nigeria is technically in recession. The effect is being felt in every section of the Nigerian community and the church is not left out.

Since President Buhari assumed office, one thing his administration is working on is stopping the illegal flow of money. Now, this is where money-preachers come in.

Before now, preaching against the president was a sin because:
Tithes and offerings were still coming in irrespective of where and how the wealth was acquired.
People could afford to buy SUV's, Bugatti's, jets and the likes for their pastors.
People could volunteer to handle various church projects that required heavy funding, etc.
But since all the loop holes and secrets of how to make "awoof" and become rich overnight were blocked, suddenly, we now hear how a muslim and a northerner is ruining the Nigerian economy. The funniest part of it all is when this type of sentiment is streaming down from the pulpit. Well, I'm not surprised because when all emphasis is on tithing, seed sowing and supporting church projects not minding the source of income and most importantly placing emphasis on true Christian living, then the result will be to blame a muslim/northerner - the same way we blame the devil when we are caught cheating in the examination hall!

One stroke of the axe cannot fall an Iroko tree. If it takes say 100 strokes to finally cut it down, then, there must have been some 99 strokes. The fall of the Nigerian economy today is not just from the so called poor economic policies or other policies of the current government or their region or religion. It is because of our neglect or the other 99 strokes we and our leaders gave to our economy in the past years.

Before now, you see churches giving awards of excellence to very corrupt politicians simply because they are "liberal" and they help enlarge the church purse.
Before now, you see pastors (I mean money-preachers - because they're still the genuine and honest preachers) parleying with treasury looters and praising them just because the need money to complete their cathedral and buy a church bus.
They will tell you to pray and believe God for a breakthrough. But if someone hijacks the treasury and shares some with them, they quote Isaiah 60:11.
Only the poor get corrections and punishment. The rich are merely managed to avoid losing their top financiers - most of whom do not even have any legitimate source of income.
After we've successfully given some 90 strokes to our system, why now turn and blame the government, northerners and muslims.

Let's look at ourselves first. Our Lord Jesus said "You hypocrite, first cast out the beam in your own eye; and then shall you see clearly to cast out the mote in your brother's eye" Matthew 7:5.
This is a call for repentance (change). Repentance / change is not only for sinner's. Even believers too need to change from their negative thought patterns and way of life.