By Sam Eyoboka and Olayinka Latona
LAGOS — GENERAL Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has admitted that countless number of Nigerians who are worried about the state of insecurity in the country have inundated him requesting to know the mind of God concerning the nation especially as we approach another general elections.

According to the man of God, worried by the spate of bomb blasts and other politically-motivated violence across the country, different people have been calling him for clues to the political situation in the country, saying that he had provided only one answer to them all, ‘All will be well’’.

Speaking at the first monthly Holy Ghost Service of 2011 at the Redemption Camp, Pastor Adeboye said: “All the people that I have talked to in the last one month have said: ‘Daddy, we are worried about Nigeria; we are worried about 2011.’ I have told them, the Prince is with us, He has spoken and He said All will be well,” the G.O. told the mammoth crowd of worshippers.

He did not reveal the people who had been calling him but sources close to the revered man of God, told us last night that politicians drawn from different political parties have either been calling him directly on phone or have been using proxies to find out from him the mind of God concerning the elections.
Continuing, Adeboye said: “Many of you listen to radio, television, many of you read newspaper reports; and you listen to social and economic issues that are being reported but I want you to understand and know that no matter the situation of things, God of peace is with the nation.”

The man of God, who is not known for frivolous statements, merely reiterated his call on Nigerians especially Christians to pray for peace because there will always be storms, but God has promised to still every storm.

“The fact that you love God does not mean there will be no crisis in your life,” he said, adding “problems are part and parcel of life for both Christians and non-Christians. If anybody tells you that the moment you become a Christian there will be no more problem, he is lying to you.

“When you become a Christian, you have escaped from the cage of Satan,” he explained, pointing out that the difference “between you being a Christian is that when the storm comes, you already have the Prince of peace with you and one word from Him will still the storm.”

Drawing inspiration from Psalm 34:19, Pastor Adeboye said: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the Lord delivers him from them all. He did not say the righteous will not have problems. He said in fact they will have many.”

He stressed that everyone that the Lord will use for His glory must pass through some fire because it is the fire that purifies, adding “the fact that Jesus is in your boat does not mean there will be no storms. It doesn’t matter what the devil may try, All will be well.”

Earlier, wife of the General Overseer, Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye led the congregation to offer special prayers for peaceful conduct of this year’s elections, peace in all troubled spots in the country especially Jos in Plateau State and Maiduguri in Borno State, as well as the Niger Delta region, and not forgetting to pray for wisdom for the leaders of the country.

Special prayers were also offered for the ailing education sector, the Family and the marriage institution in the country including the singles, widows, and the apparent barren women in the society, not forgetting the Church in Nigeria.

Special prayers were also offered for the peaceful resolution of the political deadlock in Cote d’Iviore where the international community has been putting pressure on President Laurent Gbagbo, who was assumed to have lost last November’s presidential polls, to step down for the winner of that elections, Alassane Ouattara.

It will be recalled that 41 days after the presidential election, Ivoirians still do not know who their president is, trapped in a post-election limbo marked by violence, the tearing up of ballot papers and bitter recriminations between rival political groups. Incumbent Laurent Gbagbo has not recognized provisional results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) declaring Alassane Ouattara the winner of the November 28 run-off.