Bishop of Lafia (Anglican Communion), Rt. Rev. Godwin Robinson, the has urged President Bola Tinubu to get to the root causes of insecurity and economic and other challenges facing the country.
Robinson said this yesterday in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, while delivering the Bishop’s Charge’ at the 2nd session of the 9th Synod of the Diocese, with the theme: “Keep the Flame Alive on the Altar”.
He said it was only by doing so that there would be lasting solutions for them. “Structural reforms must address the root causes of injustice, insecurity and underdevelopment”, he noted.
Robinson commended Tinubu for coming up with the Renewed Hope Agenda as the main thrust of his administration, adding that deliberate efforts should made to ensure that the citizenry felt its impact.
“We call on the Government to ensure that renewed hope becomes real hope for the poor, the displaced, the jobless and the marginalised. At this critical hour, we must rise with courage, act with vision, and commit ourselves afresh to justice, equity, and righteousness”, the cleric said.
While citing the Biblical book of Leviticus chapter 6, verse 13, he charged Nigerians to always have the desire to serve God and humanity and pass such to the next generation by ‘keeping the fire burning in His altar’.
He urged clerics and other Synod delegates to emulate the Levites who kept their responsibility of keeping the fire burning at all times. “According to the Levitical ordinance, the priest was to clear out the ashes, provide fresh wood, and offer the daily sacrifices. These duties had to be carried out faithfully and consistently to keep the fire burning”, he said.
Robinson said the responsibility was both spiritual and symbolic in the household of faith. According to him, an altar was the point of contact with the Divine that forms the basis for man’s spiritual relationship with God. He said it creates a platform for interaction where God reveals himself to his servants, encounters them, and begins to train, trim, and equip them for service.
He also enjoined the Christian faithful to always have a personal altar where God finds them quiet, attentive, and ready to receive what He intends for them.
The synod had in attendance clerics and delegates from all churches in the Diocese.
