Hardship: Identify with suffering of Nigerians, Bishop Abioye urges leaders

The Presiding Bishop of Conquerors Global Assembly, Bishop David Abioye, has called on political leaders to take responsibility for the welfare of citizens.

Speaking during the Church’s 1st Anniversary held in Abuja on Friday, with the theme centred on grace, Abioye said true leadership was sacrifice and selflessness.

He said that while many Nigerians struggled with hunger, unemployment, and inability to access education, some leaders continued to live in comfort and luxury.

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Abioye said; “Leadership is responsibility. Leaders should not sleep when citizens cannot sleep. Leadership should identify with the suffering of the people”.

The cleric called on Christians to participate actively in governance and nation-building, urging believers to support credible leaders with proven performance and integrity.

“The church must rise to accept responsibility for people around us. Christians should get fully involved in governance at all levels and promote righteousness, integrity and accountability,” he said.

While encouraging Nigerians and Christians in particular not to lose hope, the cleric said that Christians were spiritually positioned for divine supply in spite of prevailing challenges.

“The economy of Nigeria is not the same as the economy of the Kingdom of God. Geography is not the same as location.

“We are located in heavenly places, and God has promised to supply all our needs according to His riches in glory,” he said.

Abioye encouraged Nigerians to remain thankful for life, work diligently, and trust God for supernatural provision.

“For children of God, we should thank God for being alive. We shall work because the hand that works will not beg. We should trust in God who makes supplies beyond all human effort,” he added.

On the theme of the event, the cleric said the grace of God was sufficient to sustain believers even at difficult moments.

The cleric said that genuine Christians understand that everything they have and have achieved was by divine grace and not human efforts.

According to him, salvation is a product of grace, stressing that believers only enjoy God’s blessings because of His mercy and grace.

“We would not have qualified to receive anything from God by ourselves. Grace is our credit card. Mercy took us out of destruction, while grace brought us into what we were not qualified for,” he stated.

The Bishop, who took his sermon from Bible verses including the Book of II Peter 1:2, explained that grace made all things available to believers, while mercy erased the consequences that should have existed in their lives.