Nollywood actress Mary Njoku has written to African Christians following the crisis in the country.
In a post on her Instagram, she said that physical problems require physical solutions, while spiritual problems require spiritual solutions. She said that though prayer can provide guidance, issues like poor roads, insecurity, and health care require deliberate action, planning, accountability and hard work.
Njoku pointed out that food doesn’t appear on a plate through prayer alone, explaining that someone still has to plant, harvest, transport and prepare it. She also noted how in the bible, provision came through people, work, and practical action.
While addressing African Christians, she urged them not to confuse prayer with action.
“Physical problems require physical solutions. Spiritual problems require spiritual solutions.
You cannot pray food onto your plate. Someone has to plant it, harvest it, transport it, cook it, or provide the means for you to get it yourself. Even in the bible, provision often came through people, work, and practical action.
Good roads, quality healthcare, education, security, and economic growth will not appear simply because we pray about them. Prayer can guide us, strengthen us, and give us wisdom, but physical problems must also be addressed with physical action, planning, accountability, and hard work.
“Dear African Christians, as we continue to pray, let us not confuse prayer with action. You cannot bind and cast away bad roads. You cannot rebuke a failing healthcare system into working. You cannot pray away the bandits who are terrorising our lives.
Faith and action are not enemies. They work together”.
