Amid persistent poverty, squalor and insecurity confronting many Nigerians, the need to depend on God for succour and provision has become indisputable, the Ibadan District Overseer of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, Reverend Solomon Wada, has said.
Wada stated this in Ibadan during the 2026 Ibadan District Convocation of the church, with theme, “Ultimate Satisfaction”, drawn from Psalm 107:9.
He attributed many of the challenges confronting Nigerians to the belief that they could achieve success without God’s help and guidance, leading many to struggle with poverty, pain and disappointment.
According to him, while the physical needs of many Christians continue to increase, the means of meeting them appear to be diminishing, partly because people often pursue their wants rather than their needs.
“Painfully, many believers are running after shadows. God did not promise to satisfy our wants, but our needs. And those who seek God and His righteousness, all things will be added unto them,” he said.
The General Overseer of the church, Rev. (Dr.) Sam Aboyeji, represented by the Southwest Regional Coordinator, Reverend Rasaq Akinwale, described the convocation as timely, saying it would promote spiritual renewal, deeper consecration and fresh empowerment for greater exploits.
Aboyeji urged Christians to remain steadfast in God despite challenges and trials, assuring them that God was preparing opportunities and favour to satisfy their needs and souls.
The Chairman of the Convocation Committee, Ayodeji Olugbenga, said true and lasting fulfilment could not be found in the fleeting pleasures of the world but in a personal relationship with God.
He added that the convocation was designed to facilitate spiritual renewal, divine encounters and lasting transformation through a deeper understanding of the satisfaction found in Christ.
Delivering the sermon, Akinwale challenged Christians to stop questioning God’s ways and instead delight in His Word, stressing that ultimate satisfaction comes from knowing and walking with Him.
He said spiritual hunger could not be satisfied by earthly possessions and pleasures, adding that those who seek God first experience peace, purpose and contentment.
“Without God, there will be vacuums that only pain and burden will fill,” he said, stressing that ultimate satisfaction comes through self-control and total submission to God.
The convocation also featured the ordination of 12 people as ministers, elders, deacons and deaconesses of the church.