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ESWATINI

Showers of Blessings

Samuel Phillips

his is the word of the He was clearly angry in his words. When the word about Eswatini
Lord to the nation of What was his issue? He was com- and the showers of blessings
Eswatini and the con- plaining that we wrote good things came to me, it made a whole
Ttinent of Afrika. “There about his nation while there are for-
shall be showers of blessing.” eign military bases stationed in his lot of sense knowing that there

country. He wants those bases to be is a strong connection between
One of the things we do here at removed from his country. I really kingship and God’s blessing on a
Msingi Afrika Magazine is to under- cannot tell how his anger for the people. It even made more sense
stand and put into writing the beau- foreign military bases in his country when the word about showers of
tiful and good intentions of God connects to the words of blessing blessings was about the kingdom
for Afrika and Afrikans. Sometimes we wrote about his nation. Would of Eswatini and how its also a
the words and statements given he have preferred we cast curses on blessing to all of Afrika. The
for any of the Afrikan nations we his nation? I still wonder till today. truth is, kingship and fatherhood
have featured in this magazine don’t go hand in hand and the blessing
make sense, in that, they almost The kingdom of Eswatini, formerly
always don’t seem to fit in to what called Swaziland, is purely ruled by of fatherhood is a very strong
is really going on on the ground in a monarch. This in itself is a beau- blessing that creates pathways
Afrika. But it has never been about tiful thing in that, kings are known of progress for the people or
fitting in, but about changing the to be channels of blessings for their children of the land. Kings, just
narrative with words of blessing people. Well, that is if the king or like fathers, must be channels of
instead of words of curses. So, we ruler has a good heart towards the blessings to their people and not
will never stop making the pro- welfare of his people. For even the curses. For when the heart of
nouncements of goodwill and hope Bible said that “When the righteous are a king or a father is greedy and
for Afrika. in authority, the people rejoice; But when a selfish, the children and the land
wicked man rules, the people groan.” See suffers hardship.
Someone even made a comment on Proverbs 29:2
one of the articles we wrote about Fathers are kings and kings Facts about the kingdom of
an Afrikan nation that we featured. are bringers of blessings Eswatini

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