By Tai Olaniyi
Proverbs 8:31-33 says, “Rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind. Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways. Listen to my instructions and be wise; do not disregard it”.
This Biblical passage usually gets one entangled and pondering on who exactly in time or ages past, now and maybe in the future could truly be regarded or referred to as full of wisdom as such a “World Leader”.
Leadership in any form and in any sphere of human space both at micro and mega levels of existence connotes the glittering outlook in the saying, by their fruits you shall know them.
Since wisdom in the likehood of light which cannot be kept under the bushel, a leader with depth of Divine wisdom is that whose wisdom in light, life and Love so shines before man, whose good work multiplies in different arrays of human life to such an extent everyone keeps glorifying such a great personage.
The question then is has humanity been so blessed with such a universally accepted and acceptable personage in time past, till date and in the future ?
The primordial tradition and religion from which certain world renowned personages and avatars had been traced, accepted and popularized the universality of claims about their Divine origins vary in interpretations and / or misinterpretations.
For me, such Divinely ordained Prophets,h Messengers and Men of God still deserve every sane minded member of same Humanity to still appreciate their various interventions in the affairs of Man within their ambits of space and time orderings.
Pharaoh Amenhetop iv, Akhenaten, Buddha, Zoroaster, Moses, Jesus, Mohammed and those other personages after them have sipped from the wisdom of the Divine, got spiritualized and reflected the Divine glories in their lives for their disciples and humanity to draw from and share with others till the world comes to an end if there is an end one day.
For so long a time, as humanity continues to multiply in places that are occupied by peoples, categorized in colors and races, the configurations of such into geo cultural, geo-economics and geopolitical interest groups decimate what was once a wisdom to put humanity sane and same beings now constitute the polar elements of division, discrimination and the attendant miseries everywhere.
From all indications and going by man’s inhumanity to fellowmen so glaring worldwide, there is that impression that though certain parts of the world can lay claim to having economic, cultural and political powers above innumerable geopolitical constituents of the world, nothing seems wise as ordained by God to true leaders but now rulers that don’t lead aright.
Is humanity therefore destined to be lead or only ruled by the today’s world rulers that rule but not forgetting to ruin the lives of humankind.
Is it God, whose God that determines or destined the current world rulers to rule, ruin and exterminate humankind in their series of wars today?
Is God the author of everything happening now, is it our destiny and by the way what is destiny?
Most times we misconstrue God, the Creator of every living being, everywhere as being outside of us and germinating outside of our being.
Does such a God always want us to fumble, fight and die in miseries? Or that if we truly search our minds, our hearts, if we purify our thoughts, words and actions would that same God of our persuasions not reveal to our beings, His kindness, love , peace and evolvement of the rulers and those of us part of humanity being ruled?
Even the issue of destiny, is it individualistic or always collective for only destructive tendencies or could be a stream of consciousness for the individual and entire collective evolution of humankind?
Though there have been prophecies about the last days but ” Man” as the hewers of problems same should be the solution finder when in alignment with the God of one’s,heart and that of the realization for Peace Profound.
Donald Trump, Putin, Zelensky, Macron, Stammer, including our own Bola Ahmed Tinubu all majorly and partly ruling the world today as World Rulers, but inside each and everyone of us is the greatest world in which our individual destiny is richly deposited.
We all need to get deeper into our beings and to seek the God within us against the brandishing of mere religious observances we again misconstrue to set our world on fire and thus make collective destiny full of miseries, calamities and woes.
Matthew 24:7 (NIV) Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
We are already experiencing this aforementioned Biblical passage and others alike, the question is when will our “World Rulers” graduate to being “World Leaders”?
Let’s see if there can be a slight evolution and evolvement of humankind from the present desperation and dispodence to gaining hope in the current world rulers and their styles of rulership.
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet in one, and those commoner natures who pursue either to the exclusion of the other are compelled to stand aside, cities will never have rest from their evils.” – Plato.
The prayer for and to us all is that may the God of our hearts and God of our understanding lead our World Rulers and those of us being ruled to appreciate a common destiny for same Humanity in Light, Life and Love .
