Inside Africa’s booming “it is well” industry —By Chima Christian

“It is well.”

“God forbid.”

“But God pass them.”

“By the special grace of God.”

Make no mistake, Nigerians are not as godly or faith-filled as we advertise through our “hopeful” retorts. We are just unwilling to make the effort required to birth our aspirations. And then we invite God to subsidise our laziness.

Unfortunately, God is not is not in the business of doing for us what He has designed and empowered us to do for ourselves.

We know this already. Because as much as God provides the grace of being alive, there are things we don’t expect Him to do for us. Brushing our teeth for instance. We do that ourselves because it’s easy. But once the process seem a little bit difficult and complicated, instead of deploying all the resources God has graciously imbued us with, we abandon all and resort to wishful thinking.

And in so doing, we have become addicted to the feeling the appearance of being hopeful fills us with.

And just like hard drugs, we will need more doses of “hopefulness” to achieve the same high. Hence, the continued expansion of the “it is well” industry.

So you mean we should all yield to pessimism? No! But stretching hope too far has its consequences, which include ultimately sabotaging the goals.

So why do you keep saying that Africa’s morning will come?

Because it will, eventually!

When will it come?

When we plan, execute and pay the FULL price required for the birthing of Africa’s morning. In my own estimation, this will take us about seventy more years. So we continue making baby steps and celebrating/consolidating on small wins.

But no. We want it now. Don’t we? And we are unwilling to pay the price and accept the process. In the meantime, we also hate direct confrontation with facts and undiluted truth.

The situation is both conflicted and confusing. Yet, Africa’s morning will come.

Chima Christian