(An overview of a letter shared with a Friend on the issue of Spiritual Revolution for National Development)

Dear Mr. John Jones,
My apologies if my analysis looks like a thesis. It is just to further juxtapose a perspective that has strengthened my resolve. I see you as such a voice, with divine capability and vision to inspire the Joshuas and Nehemiahs of this generation. At the sounding of your voice, which epitomises the trumpet, many destinies shall arise and break forth from the cocoon of mediocrity that has taken over the passion of our youths and the entire nation.
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I have no doubt that your sense of purpose is in doubt! Rather, I am vehemently convinced that your voice and pen are judiciously crafted to unburden the divine intention in standing against oppression and social injustices in the land, with a deep conviction to establish a new order in the political space, aiming for good governance, equal rights, and peaceful coexistence among the citizens.

This ideology and these desires I share with you and will never trade them for anything. I am more of a Leviticus lineage in the area of my calling, but with a radical belief in a spiritual revolution for national transformation. As much as I believe in the religious institution, i.e., the church, I also feel that the church has failed in her responsibility to be the place of hope and succour for the oppressed. Rather, some agents of the church have, in one way or the other, aggravated the pains and sufferings of the people through various gimmicks of extortion, insensitivity and inhumane acts towards the people. I see all these as an outflow of a failed state and religious institution.

Hence, I believe the revolution of the religious institution will be the antidote for the moral decadence in our nation, upon which a new nation and attitudinal change will emerge if we can repair the broken pillars of our spiritual platform. This approach tackles the forces of darkness that hover over the souls of men, influencing them to do evil to their neighbours, while on the other hand, the forces of good inspire the souls of men for the greater good of others.

I believe that a good tree will produce good fruit, and vice versa. The people who govern us today have lost their moral compass and conscience, hence the corruption we are witnessing in our political space. And you will bear witness with me that this greed, which has metamorphosed into corruption over a long period of time, has its roots in the failure of moral decadence, which only the fear of God can cure. And this can only be achieved through a religious and cultural approach to instill those lost virtues of integrity and love for one another, which serve as elementary requirements and pillars for a healthy nationhood.
• Tishegunfunmi Adeádegbesan is the founder of DPartakers Kingdom. www.dpartakerskingdom.org
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