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FEATURES
that particular person and you
are responsible for letting them
know whether you approve of
their choices or not.
It’s not some great mystery.
That you see them fly overhead
in some helicopter, using your
money to do so, doesn’t make
them God. There is only ONE
God. And it is not them. That
you hear their sirens and see
their security men and women
flashing walkie talkies and guns
around telling you to move be-
cause someone ‘more import-
ant’ is passing, doesn’t make it
so. They too were born by the
act of copulation by man and
woman and they too had their
rear ends wiped because they
used to poo on themselves.
It is very important for you to
gain the right perspective about
what those people are. Why?
Because if you fear them, then
you have lost your voice. If you
honor them as gods, then you
have given them your worship
and authority over you to deter-
mine how you live and die. But if
you remember that you made a
choice, believing that they would
do right by you, then you can
hold them to account.
Keep in mind that every single
visit to a supermarket, or pay-
ment you make via mobile mon-
ey, or bus or plane ticket you
buy, or liter of petrol you pay
for, or item you import or export
has a fee charged on top of it
that goes to the government in
the form of tax. Meaning that,
whether you are employed or
not, engaged in business or not,
a registered voter or not, you
are paying money to the men
and women who shout loudly on
TV or drive through your neigh-
borhood every few years asking
you to put them in those chairs.
YOU are paying them. They do
not pay themselves.
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So, if they do not show up for
work or if they take your money
and use it for projects that fail,
or if they choose to steal that
money, or put you in debt, they
have stolen from you or wasted
your resources on some fool’s
errand, rather than spending
what you entrusted to them for
your good. You don’t have to be
earning a lot of money and pay-
ing some form of income tax to
be a government salary payer.
You get to decide and assess
them to see whether or not they
are doing a job that is worth the
salary you are paying them. It
doesn’t matter whether they are
still in office or not. You don’t
have to wait for their term to
expire before you review their
working conditions. For those of
you who have been employed,
your employer doesn’t wait for
you to work for 50 years before
they decide whether you’re do-
ing a good job or not. No! They
know that they are spending
money on you and they want
to make sure that you are de-
livering against your promises.
So why allow non-performers
and wicked people who come
to ruin your life to stay in posi- spat on, whipped, judged wrong-
tions of power? Why bow down
to another human who goes to
the toilet just like you do? Does
it make sense?
In some European countries, the
leaders of the government take
buses and trains with the pub-
lic. They walk along the street.
No heavy presence of securi-
ty surrounding them as if when
they took oath of office they sud- editor of
denly turned to gold that some-
one could steal. In the Ukraine,
those who do not perform are
even literally thrown in the trash.
They know who they represent.
And it is not themselves.
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In the prophecy of the promised
Messiah in Isaiah 9:6, the proph-
et says, ‘and the government will
be upon His shoulder’… do you
know what the One Person Who
was given all authority upon His
coming to earth did with the au-
thority He had been given? He
washed feet. He walked around
in the hot dusty, rocky climate
to serve the people. He healed,
delivered. He served. He sac-
rificed. Yes, the One Who was
sent to save us did so by service
and sacrifice. Did you know that
the word Minister means to care
for, to tend, to nurse, to look af-
ter? Minister is a term of service
not domination. The magi came
looking for a king, remember?
What type of king did you see in
Jesus? Fancy houses and pal-
aces all around the world? Fast
cars and tinted windows? Body
guards and food testers? Si-
rens announcing His presence?
Hoarding of all the finances for
the ministry to make Himself
fat? Or did you see One with no
place to lay His head? Or God
in a mere man’s body, Who al-
lowed His bum to be wiped as
a baby? Allowed Himself to be
ly and killed for the sake of the
very ones who killed Him?
It is important that we turn our
thinkers back on as a continent.
And very fast.
Chioma
Phillips is
the
msingi
afrika maga-
zine.
editor@
msingiafri-
kamagazine.
com
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