Today , the Republic of Namibia is 25 years old! We have much to be thankful for
Having been born in this country and
having begun my pastoral ministry in
Windhoek at the beginning of 1990, three months before
Namibia was constituted as an independent Republic, I have
been privileged to see 25 years of progress and peace in Namibia.
We thank God for political stability. We thank God for 25 years in which the people of Namibia have
been able to participate in the privileges of citizenship, a privilege
which was formerly denied them
under South African rule.
We pray
that as our 3rd president, Dr Hage Geingob is sworn in today ,
we may
continue to experience peace and
stability, such as we have known.
Our prayer also is that the Namibian church may take her calling to be the church of the Lord
Jesus Christ seriously in the days ahead
, and that she would fulfill her pastoral and prophetic
role in Namibia. A country
can only be stable if her
citizens learn to live under authority . The primary authority we refer to is the God
who has made the heavens and the earth (Acts 4:24). God has instituted the authority of the governing
authorities( Romans 13:1-7) . He has ordained
that civil society ought to live humbly under the rule of
God, who gives us the kind of leaders we ask for.
God fearing, moral , responsible leaders
are a blessing from God , for they
do much under God to prevent all
sorts of evils that would undermine the
moral fibre of our society.
So then,
far from resting on our laurels let us
learn to encourage our leaders in the
future by regularly praying for them,
and by regularly reminding them that
there is a God in heaven to whom all
earthly authority must one day give an account (Philippians 2:9,19) .
Let our churches help our political leaders
by raising up God fearing people and citizens by the
faithful preaching of the Word of God.
People that fear God will be positive, constructive citizens which
will make a land governable and biblically prosperous.
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