Page 92 - Msingi Afrika Magazine Issue 5

AFRIKA IS GOD’S
ne of the most impor-
tant attributes of Je-
sus, whose character
Otraits we look at in this
column, is responsibility. Every
man given a purpose, a job or
a position automatically has
been given a responsibility to
take care of. It is a natural thing
that comes with purpose and
positions. However, how each
responds to the responsibility in
those positions will determine
what level of success they will
come out with.
We have a situation in our hands
in Afrika, where people run for
positions in government, posi-
tions in business, positions in
church leadership, positions in
family and every other area of
life where positions are open, but
are not effective in their positions
because of lack of responsibility
to that which they are mandated
with. There are all manner of
weird things going on in every
area of our society and almost
all the time you don't get to see
those responsible for such areas
of society actually take respon-
sibility. This has been the case
for years since independence in
Afrika. With position comes re-
sponsibility, and also I think re- ics mine). Clearly this was one
sponsibility can only work when
men are accountable for every
decision they make while carry-
ing out their responsibility.
I read somewhere that responsi-
bility means responding to your
ability. This totally makes sense,
especially when responsibility is
the test of your ability to handle
that which is given to you to
take care of. Everyone is cut out
somehow by divine providence
to handle whatever is placed be-
fore them.
What is your mandate?
What would Afrika look like if ev-
eryone in a position of responsi- What if we all were responsi-
92 | heal . restore . rebirth . Afrika
bility was accurately responding ble for our mandates?
to those responsibilities? For ex- Imagine a situation where ev-
ample, you hear an Afrikan pres- eryone on earth, in Afrika, in the
ident say he is not able to de- work place, in the family, in the
liver on his promise to his nation business place, in the church,
after six years of being elected, in the mosque, in government is
because of the supposed failure responsible and accountable for
of the past administration. How their positions and mandates.
on earth is that even an excuse? How many lives have been lost
It doesn’t make any sense. Be- to disease because some scien-
ing elected as President means, tist somewhere decided to play
you are ready to both give solu- irresponsible games with vac-
tions to the problems you inher- cines? How many lives have
ited and the problems that come been lost to terrorism because
with your own administration. some army officer or some se-
Otherwise, you have no busi- curity agents decided that the
ness leading a country. lives of innocent citizens who
they are paid to protect were
This issue of accurate response not worth more than the brown
to responsibility brings us to envelop they collected in their
something important. What is shady deals? How many trillions
your mandate? of dollars has Afrika lost in the
No one can be responsible for last sixty years because some
a mandate they are not even humans in positions of authority
aware of, nor can anyone give decided that Afrika must not go
account for that which is not en- forward, so they used their posi-
trusted to their hands. Concern- tions for personal gain? The list
ing Jesus, it is written thus "He is endless.
who sins is of the devil, for the
devil has sinned from the begin- We all are responsible for ev-
ning. For this purpose the Son erything we have been given as
of God was manifested, that mandates and callings. Afrika
He might destroy the works of is like a huge building whose
the devil.” 1 John 3:8 (bold ital- parts are in the hands of various
people. The irresponsible act of
of Christ's mandates, to destroy one part will certainly drag the
the works of the devil through whole into backwardness. We
the death of the cross. And from must take personal responsibil-
all indications, He was respon- ity for our mandates. We must
sible for that mandate and He take responsibility for our moth-
finished it. He didn't stop even erland called Afrika. We must
when He was faced with the not allow irresponsible leaders
pain of impending torture and to make jokes out of our collec-
death, He still said to His Father tive destiny. We must hold ev-
who gave Him the mandate "not eryone in position accountable
My will but Yours be done". He for their decisions. Should Afrika
showed us that every mandate not have emancipated by now?
we are given must come with
its own test of strength to see Think about it.
it through and also how to re-
spond to that test.