The National Character

Apart from the tension that comes with our elections, which should not be the case though, I love the Ghanaian elections. They reveal our truest characters. Every morning I wake up to be greeted and bombarded by lots of inspiring, motivational and Scriptural messages on my social media (especially Facebook) wall. It is only in the election we get to know the depth of our Christianity or Religious believes. We preach virtue and practice vice. We defend our political parties with disdain and as Biblical Paul asserts "they worship the creature more than the Creator". We dilute the truth. We insult our Christian and Religious brothers and sisters because they have different views. We quote the Scriptures to satiate our whims and caprice. We flaunt God. We refuse peace and clad ourselves with armours for war. We refuse God's gift of an answered prayer. We curse our Motherland. We wish evil for the next 4 years for our nation oblivious that words are spirits. We fight battles which are not ours to fight. Have you ever shuddered to ponder and think about what our words have done to our dear Motherland? Have we asked ourselves why we lost an election? Have we asked ourselves why our opponents do not want to concede? Have we asked ourselves if what we are doing today will warrant a better future for posterity? Have we asked ourselves What Would Jesus Do (WWJD) in the same situation? Have we asked ourselves whether it is the will of God? Have we asked ourselves whether we should let go for God to give us a better tomorrow? Like the Israelites, whenever men and women are released from their Egypt, they would always have to face their wilderness. It might take 14 days to traverse the wilderness and embrace our promised land, but due to our actions and inactions, it might take 40 years or forever. I strongly believe we are in our wilderness, the Promised Land is in the horizon, but I strongly believe this generation has all it takes to get to the Promised Land. We are almost there. Don't let us mar it. They make it seem as if it is farfetched, but I know it is just around the corner and we will get there. All it takes is character and competence. In the coming years, the future generation will come knocking at our door with the possibility of one of these questions. Why did you not let go when you could have to retain our peace or they will ask what did you do for us to sustain our enviable peace? I look forward to answering the latter question that we collectively resolved to let go and push our shoulders to the task and heed to the clarion call to sacrifice for posterity. May we tolerate one another. May we not see each other as tribes but as Ghanaians. May we vote for leaders with the heart of God, character and competence. I was born for a time like this and I will make sure that what I do today, this hour, this moment echoes in eternity. I thank God for the fact that my generation has known peace and my humble prayer is that He will continue to grant us peace and cause us to introspectively assess ourselves and crave to be better Sons and Daughters to Him.