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Nigeria is one of the countries in the world where green plays a very important role. From the simple landscape to the exotic and untapped resources of a great nation, there is no shortage of green. The flag of Nigeria is a rectangular stripe divided into three equal parts. The main colors are green. This reflects the potential of the county’s land and agriculture, while white represents peace and unity.
The crest of Nigeria is featured on another platform that highlights the green color. Two huge horses rest on a base known as “Cactus spectabilis” – a wild flower that grows in many parts of the county. Green is the color that represents life. It is the color of the growing grass or the leaves of most plants. Choosing green for Nigeria is not a mistake. When you look closely at the nation itself, it is clear that God meant greatness in allowing a nation like Nigeria to exist. Though the country has experienced so many problems, God is concerned with Nigeria’s affairs.
Green means living with eternity in mind in everything you do. This is exactly what our Founding Fathers did. They lived so well that they could divide everything into “FOREVER”; the world could not confuse them or distract them. In fact, they looked at life with no end with one eye – they were looking for a city with foundations, whose Builder and Creator is God. They were going to heaven to be at home with the Savior who bought them at the price of His blood. They actually combined the word “GREEN” with “ETERNITY” – the eternal past and the infinite future – always backward and always forward. They realized that the glory of heaven is eternal and decided to create a wonderful country for us.
Their philosophy and lifestyle should challenge us to look beyond the horizon – beyond the present into eternity; weigh things carefully and ask piercing questions to expose the options and appearances that abound in a world plunged into chaos. Before we do anything today, do we ask ourselves if these things are worth it or do they have eternal value? What we do today affects our eternal destiny. Nigeria is a country built on God’s principles. Principles that do not imply the abandonment of social responsibility or acts of kindness as we see today. Every little act of goodness is infinitely precious in God’s eyes, because He will reward with eternal benefits for giving a cup of water to one of His, and He will bless those who do good work, least of His. brethren! The old, worn-out cliché is that someone can have a mind so heavenly that there is no earthly use for it. Earthly people are those who have no earthly use for the kingdom of God.
To truly become green and remain what we were made to do, we must try to find the true value of our existence as a people in a great nation under one God. To find the true value of anything – any object, pursuit, relationship, possession, investment or anything else, we have to divide it by “FOREVER”. If you want to accurately estimate the apparent “tragedy”, weigh it on the scale of eternity. I read something like this somewhere where it is said that No tragedy is so great and unbearable unless it has adversely affected the eternal welfare of its subject. Did you know that many of the pleasures and treasures we seek today that seem attractive lose their value the moment we do simple arithmetic with them? So why do we believe in green and toil with rusty iron? Greenery at 50 requires simple arithmetic – divide it by eternity and an infinite amount forever! Also, discover that the money that has led so many of us astray can seem like a last resort until you weigh it on the scales of eternity. Sex and hedonism can also dazzle, but only until they are separated forever.
The principle of life requires that we look retrospectively at our individual lives to see if we really are green as we think we are. We could have been deceived by nature’s coincidence. Or maybe going green requires the ugly events that are taking place in the country today? Where do kidnappings, armed robberies, bombings, illegal arrests, extra-judicial killings, mud and ethnic prejudices come from? They are certainly not part of our green nature! They are distractions carefully designed to deprive us of our share of the land of our heritage. But amidst all this, I am glad that our land is still virgin. The leaves are still green and life goes on in every corner of the country. Nigerians should not give up; being green is a task that needs to be done. Let’s put all hands on deck to build this nascent world power! God wants Nigeria to move from a life of scarcity, even abundance, to a life of super abundance. To do this, God quickly points out to each of us his unchanging word, the Bible. In the Bible, we understand the amazing essence and its benefits for us. The color GREEN is one of the best things God communicated to man in creation. As color works wonders in today’s Nigerian nature, God has placed something special in our hearts and hands. And so our future depends on our ability to recognize and use what we have.
This knowledge of a pure and GREEN nation is Nigeria’s answer to so many life needs. It is the ticket to getting out of poverty – a passport to prosperity. Since the color green is not about acquiring, but for creativity, your true prosperity will come if you are not inclined to acquire wealth rather than create wealth. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of independence, I pray for Nigeria and the Nigerians that today they will learn to learn from the knowledge of God and release their creativity. To be truly great, Nigeria, and even Nigerians, need to look GREEN as the color of this country portrays – always ready to divide whatever they do by “FOREVER” to determine its true worth or value. These are hidden treasures that we did not realize that we carried within us. Let’s set a time to keep it and maximize it: being GREEN with NIGERIA @ 50 is only possible if we look beyond time (present) into eternity!
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Source by Vitus Ejiogu