Zimbabwe Needs God

Dear fellow countrymen greetings to you all in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. May the Grace and Mercy of God be sufficient for you all. What went wrong and where did we lose it in our lovely country? How did the promised land of milk and honey of the 1980s just disappear? Where is the peace of a peace loving nation? Why is there such animosity amongst ourselves, so much hunger and strife? Why do we find men and women from Zimbabwe in their prime so scattered all over the world?Who has brought this disolation, these diseases, this oppression upon us and finally who is the enemy that we need to fight. To these questions and many more that we ask about our land, there are many possible answers; some wild, some vivid with truth, others pointing a finger at an individual or persons in government or in other countries far off.I am not there to judge such responses for I too am at fault and need to be judged.What I would like us to focus on is the Word of God and find out where we as a people went wrong and find a solution/way out that will bring us back to the glory days if not even better. We accept that our country is at a crisis of sorts; whether it be made of man or a result of some evil intentions of people in the West, is not a concern. Something surely needs to be done and urgently. As I have said in the previous writings, we need to return to God; the work that is set out before us to realise a restoration of our land requires more than just our strength. Our works of flesh, no matter how noble and just they may seem, will not get us there. Galatians 3 verses 2-5 says that " Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the [Holy}spirit as teh result of obeying the Law and doing its works, or was it by hearign [the message of the Gospel] and believing [it]? [Was it from observing a law of rituals or from a message of faith?] Are you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun [your new life spiritually] with the [Holy] Spirit, are you now reaching perfection [by dependence] on the flesh? Have you suffered so many things and expereinced so mcuh all for nothing (to no purpose) - if it really is to no purpose and in vain? Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous [Holy]Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so on [the grounds of your doing] what the Law demands, or because of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard?" Although this scripture is in reference to the spiritual life of Christians, I find it to be so full of revelation in terms of achieving one's hopes and aspirations. It is through faith in God and by the Grace of God that we can realise the things we hope for in life. We cannot do so by our own labor, toiling or intellect. Trying to take the struggle for a better Zimbabwe into our owm hands and excluding God will not take us any further than our imagination. God will even frustrate us in such efforts; which I think is why it is taking us so long to get the change that we all so yearn for. I would like you to read I Peter 5 verses 5-7. The last part of verse 5speaks about God resisting and opposing the proud. It is pride to assume that we can change Zimbabwe without the divine intervention of our God. If we dare do then see and hear my fellow countrymen we are doomed. It takes humility to realise that we are feable and weak in the sight of God and that of our own will, actions, ideas, organisations, political parties and intellect cannot do or achieve anything. Read James 4 verses 6-10 and Micah 6 verse 8. These portions of scripture speak of the Grace of God being in abundance if we come to Him, repent of our sinful ways and purify our hearts; and that God requires us to walk humbly with Him. Then and only then can our efforts be blessed and our dreams achieved. We need God's help in our personal lives, in the work that we do as individuals, as a communtiy, as a society, as a nation, as civil organisations, as political parties, as government.We are facing difficult times and there is one scripture which sustained me in my inprisonment which I feel will also encourage us as a people: Psalm 50 verse 15 "And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you shall honor and glorigy me." Another verse that points us to God as our help is also from the Book of Psalm 121. Read it and it will help you understand that God is there 24/7 to help us in every aspect of our lives. We need Him to preserve us and protect us from the enemy. Speaking of enemies; we need to realise that our enemy is not Robert Mugabe,the West or any other person on earth that we may want to aportion blame for the crisis that we are facing. The prime enemy that we should all fight is the devil. He is the deceiving, lying and rebellious fallen angel and his legion of evil spirits that have brought us this doom. Read Ephesians 6 verses 10-13. We do not wrestle against flesh - NO NO NO NEVER. We fight with the power that holds and controls those who exhibit works of evil - not them. They need the saving power [ grace] of God and need to come out of the darkness and enter into the light. Jesus implored Christians to pray for those we perceive to be our enemies so that they too may have their sins forgiven them and their minds renewed by the Word of God. The tools of the fight are explained in the same scripture in Ephesians 6. I therefore, my fellow countrymen, call upon you all, to come to God, to seek Him and to bring to Him your petitions for your lives and for our beautiful country. Let us lift our eyes to Him and call on Him who is our creator. Let us return to Him in Humility and ask for His help. In Him through Christ we are overcomers and more than conquerors. A better Zimbabwe is indeed a reality attainable only in God. Dont divorce yourselves from the work that you maybe doing in political parties, civil society organisations or government. Stay and seek His Will and His help while you are there. His miracles await us at the end of the tunnel. Peace to you all and have a blessed week ahead of you. May all the Glory, Praise and Adoration be to God our Father who first loved us in Jesus Christ our Saviour and Lord. AMEN!!!!!! Thank you for visiting this blog. I hope you are inspired by God. May you kindly tell others about the wonderful Good news and this blog.