Dear Editor,
The critics of Minister Bunting for his statement about divine intervention for behavioural change are being unfair, if not dishonest. I do not believe he was saying he cannot manage the portfolio, but being humble enough and wise enough to acknowledge that he and his Government, like all of us, need God's help to succeed effectively at life's endeavours.
Bunting has been doing a fair job, and has performed as well as any other and better than many who have carried that portfolio over the years. We have seen worsening conditions under them all, and it was not for lack of trying. So it raises the question: What is the answer? The cry for help should be applauded.
The reality is that what Minister Bunting, his government, and those before them have done, and are doing, is not the solution. What the commissioner of police is doing, albeit well meaning, is not the solution. All these approaches have produced few lasting results as the evidence has shown. Even the church leaders' suggestion for a day of national repentance, which is well needed and which can add value, cannot solve the problem by itself. As church leaders,and God's representatives, we should suggest to Mr Bunting to invite some wise church leaders, who know divine Kingdom principles on the ordering of society, to offer divine wisdom on the solution.
Although the problem can be solved, past and present approaches have missed the mark, owing to poor diagnosis, wrong location of the problem, and hence, wrong medicine. The medicine being offered is feeding the cancer of crime, rather than destroying the cells.
Bunting's recognition is a step in the right direction toward the source of wisdom for solution. He must now take the next step and invite specific counsel from those who can help and are who willing to do so. The solution is not as difficult or faraway as may be thought. But, is there the political and national will to humbly accept and apply the divine wisdom?
If just acknowledging the need for divine intervention created such a stir, would we want it or are we content to keep doing what has consistently failed? Such is often the wisdom of men, hence the dilemma remains.
Pastor Al Miller
Fellowship Tabernacle
pastormilleroffice@gmail.com
Bunting's first step to divine wisdom
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The critics of Minister Bunting for his statement about divine intervention for behavioural change are being unfair, if not dishonest. I do not believe he was saying he cannot manage the portfolio, but being humble enough and wise enough to acknowledge that he and his Government, like all of us, need God's help to succeed effectively at life's endeavours.
Bunting has been doing a fair job, and has performed as well as any other and better than many who have carried that portfolio over the years. We have seen worsening conditions under them all, and it was not for lack of trying. So it raises the question: What is the answer? The cry for help should be applauded.
The reality is that what Minister Bunting, his government, and those before them have done, and are doing, is not the solution. What the commissioner of police is doing, albeit well meaning, is not the solution. All these approaches have produced few lasting results as the evidence has shown. Even the church leaders' suggestion for a day of national repentance, which is well needed and which can add value, cannot solve the problem by itself. As church leaders,and God's representatives, we should suggest to Mr Bunting to invite some wise church leaders, who know divine Kingdom principles on the ordering of society, to offer divine wisdom on the solution.
Although the problem can be solved, past and present approaches have missed the mark, owing to poor diagnosis, wrong location of the problem, and hence, wrong medicine. The medicine being offered is feeding the cancer of crime, rather than destroying the cells.
Bunting's recognition is a step in the right direction toward the source of wisdom for solution. He must now take the next step and invite specific counsel from those who can help and are who willing to do so. The solution is not as difficult or faraway as may be thought. But, is there the political and national will to humbly accept and apply the divine wisdom?
If just acknowledging the need for divine intervention created such a stir, would we want it or are we content to keep doing what has consistently failed? Such is often the wisdom of men, hence the dilemma remains.
Pastor Al Miller
Fellowship Tabernacle
pastormilleroffice@gmail.com
Bunting's first step to divine wisdom
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