03/08/2025
🇳🇬 SUNDAY REFLECTION: THE SILENT WAR OF THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN
Today is Sunday, and while many are in church, dressed in their finest and trying to hold on to hope, there’s an unspoken battle raging in the heart of the average Nigerian.
We're smiling on the outside, but inside?
Confused.
Frustrated.
Worn out.
Everywhere you turn, the system is choking the soul of the common man. Prices are rising, salaries stagnant. Promises from those in power are broken before they’re even spoken. Youths are trying everything—from tech to trade, from betting slips to bold prayers—just to survive another week.
Some are fighting spiritual battles, others are fighting hunger, and many are silently slipping into depression—but smiling so the world doesn’t know.
There’s pain behind the praise. There’s fear behind the faith. There’s pressure behind the posture of “I’m fine.”
People are tired of pretending.
Tired of empty prophecies.
Tired of working hard and having nothing to show.
We don’t want another motivational speech. We want real change.
We don’t want another ‘your time will come’ sermon. We want to see impact now.
But despite it all, we hold on. Because that’s what Nigerians do.
We survive. We adapt. We endure.
So today, check on someone.
Listen to someone.
Pray not just for yourself, but for this nation.
And if you’re the one silently breaking down, hear this:
You are not alone.
God still sees you.
And even in this madness, your purpose is not canceled.
This is not the end. It’s the fire before the rising.
