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RE- DEFINITION
directly tied to a man's purpose The Nations must learn this manifest and nations won’t need
in God. The purpose of God for You see nations of the world go to tax or burden their people
man is simply that man should through untold hardship, they anymore. For when God said
be the image and likeness of put such heavy burdens on in Genesis 3 that in sweat and
God on the earth. However, that their citizens in the form of tax- toiling shall man eat out of the
reality of man being the image es and levies and all forms of ground, He meant it as a curse
and likeness of God on the earth heart-breaking policies, which and the only solution to that is
will be expressed through what- don't make sense most times, for man to go back to tending
ever activity God choses for it to just so they can keep their eco- and keeping God's purpose.
be expressed. If as an executive nomic agendas and man-made
in a company, fine. As a stay at systems running. But God didn't All will give account
home mom, good. Or as any- create any nation without nat- But let it be known that for every
thing else He chooses for us to ural resources that would take act of faithfulness to God's pur-
express it as. Mind you, the en- care of their needs. It's just that pose that a man takes on himself
tire world is in disarray because nature will not respond to man and every act of unfaithfulness
men have chosen to believe that as long as he has not learnt how that a man chooses to express
there is no God or any form of to tend and keep God's purpose. before God, he will give account
God-given purpose and thus no There is a difference between of it all. God is a just God and He
forms of tending and keeping tending and keeping for God, will repay every man according
of such purposes of God. Men and toiling and sweating to keep to how his works shall be.
have learnt to create their own body and soul together. The first My thought is this, what kind of
destinies and realities in a sense, is a blessing from God, while the society would we have, if, the
without any clue of how God in- other is a curse. But the ques- president of a nation, a supreme
tends for them to live and the tion is this, why do men love to court judge, a doctor in the hos-
result is the chaos and tragedy toil and sweat to eat, which is a pital, a member of parliament, a
we have on earth today. Imagine curse rather than tend and keep teacher, a footballer, a musician,
a situation on earth where every God’s purpose which is God's a pastor, a landlord, a business
man knows their purpose in God original blessing. The answer is man, a plumber, a taxi driver
and then gives it all it takes to simple. Man always wants to do etc all are committed to tending
tend and keep such purpose. It his own self will rather than do and keeping the purpose of God
will be all glorious. Why? When God's will. That too has its re- in their hands, without corrupt
each one knows his purpose, ward. compromises and any form of
tends and keeps it, then the So let Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, evil conscience at work? Think
mystery of as every joints supply America, South Africa, Australia about it for your own purpose in
for the growth of the fullness of and all the nations of the earth God and do all to tend and keep
God in creation will be achieved. go back to knowing God's pur- the purpose of God in your hand
The original purpose of God poses for their nations, tend and and our society will not be the
to be one with creation will be keep such purposes and you same again.
seamlessly achieved. will see the natural blessing that
God kept in that land suddenly
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