Spiritual visionaries attest to the efficacy of vehicles (and destination) as an oft-used metaphor in revelations. These may be horses and chariots of fire (2 kings 6:17) or as in Samuel and the lost donkeys of Kish (Saul’s father).
Regarding Saul; Samuel counseled that Saul should do as occasion serves after anointment, for “God is with you” (1 Samuel 10:7). Saul lost this favor through disobedience and pride. Arguably, he withdrew in stubbornness from his Maker. The prophet Nathan also said to David: whatever you have in mind do it, for the ‘Lord is with you’ (1 Chr. 17:2). Here the Prophet Nathan was referring to the (spiritual) inner content of the human vessel.
Politics and religion are often intertwined.True wealth is more often a factor of health.“God is with us’’;- as a name and vessel with full Spiritual content, meekly rode upon the ‘young donkey’ in demonstrative humility and proof of servant leadership (John 12:14). Belief in a tried cornerstone is the means to security.
Wisdom is King, as guide and counselor!
We are contemplating peace as a spiritual alliance with power; – the sum total of belief that is impossible without humility.This is humility as the splendor of a pliant obeisance before Infinite Power.Our focus is on ‘Abraham’s seed’ and the spiritual content of the human vessel;- Wisdom’s rushing stream.
It is difficult to isolate systemic performance from individual or community performance.At the individual, national as well as the international levels of society; -the choice between good and bad is often the means to healing. This is the restorative balm to a grieved conscience. By natural law, there is a time to ‘reject the bad and choose the good’.
This is the growth period for individuals and the prelude to the ‘torrent of national wealth’. A framework for growth is established by laws and commandments as guide. Politics is about power, even as honor is found in service.
Those who carry within them the leadership of the Maker’s belongings (Children) bear the burden and privilege of the archetypal Abraham’s seed; – the would-be lamb on the Maker’s mountain. Leadership virtues of humility and self-esteem are incontestable attributes.
The healing rays are reserved for the Maker’s own. More than just a name, Abraham’s seed contain the virtues lauded in Abraham. It is the inner content that powers the name. Providence is active in Religion and Politics in the form of a father’s discipline to ‘bind and to heal’;-“Isaac”
Meaning is found mostly in the interiority of a vessel or object; – the core ideal of a person, nation or system. This is meaning as the ultimate ‘watchman of time’. It is the sum total that counts-; the power and spirit as engine of motivation.
Something in everyone and everything stirs by Infinite prompting. The waves roar when the seas are stirred. Even so, there is a difference between good and bad; and the righteous may not be rightly judged by wrong motives. Wisdom would readily steer the individual as well as the nation.
National conduct in the global system may not be in disregard of the national core ideal or conscience.The core ideal is the ‘spring of life’ of the nation or system. For some nations, the core ideal may be evidenced by humanitarian aid or just military power projection across borders as in authoritarian states.
The British empire in its heyday (primarily in the 19th century) deployed its maritime arsenal and an international bureaucracy to defend its global interest including colonialism.This form of power projection has now become the staple of international politics by medium and large states alike. It is fundamentally emblematic of a lack of peace and world security.
Power projection is a revelatory indicator of the condition of international peace as a system. Power projection is a necessary defense and security measure that is costly to maintain. At issue is the value means to security; – arms or dialogue to keep alive the ties that bind. A new and reinvigorated inner content for world peace is desirable.The inner content of the national vessel is also an important asset in international perception especially in coalition-building.
Misunderstanding of this inner content engenders conflict especially in diplomatic negotiations. For the medium states in Africa, power projection is a necessary strategic requirement as evidenced by various regional interventions. For larger states, strategic power projections are fraught with larger risks of miscalculation as in the Iraq debacle. In politics, the issue of an inner content is a simple one: does a nation have the guiding light for peace and justice? This is usually found in the leadership and its supporters. It was in fact, the rallying cry against communism. It actually worked.
Resilient outward conduct often confirms inner constancy. In the universal ‘Abraham seed’, a father is honored by a son’s obedience and the nations are blessed therefrom. We can surmise peculiarities in paths and places where balance is needed. The sun of Justice is ever-present in its healing rays. Consider the son who saw the wood and fire for the holocaust and not the lamb. And the father encouraged: the Lord will provide (Gen. 22, 7-8). The love of father for son and vice versa was, and still is unassailable. Obedience made way for Peace as Mercy reigned. Ultimate security must be tied to Infinite joy, peace and purpose; – a ‘face like flint’ in Wisdom.
It is wise not to trust in the design of the city’s bulwark without evaluating the strength or capability of the designer. This is the model way to Peace: confirmation of faith in Mercy, as well as obedience and loving respect for power without dissension.It is the same in individuals and nations;-unity of purpose, one with Maker and system. Regarding Abraham and his seed;-they planted their gardens in the Maker’s vineyard based on love and fidelity.
The counselor is wonderful and excellent in guidance!
The triumph of a name is the recognition of Wisdom’s power to make peace by reconciliation with the power within. Enduring security is in the fastening of inner peace as peg in power. The sum total of a personality or system is indicative of inner content aided by Wisdom; – full spiritual stock and identification of the means of travel. This is the proverbial ‘peace like a river’;-love and peace strength in defense of justice.
I knew a Man; Still do, who told me a short story about a friend visiting another across the street. They both lived closed by. The visitor entered the friend’s residence while he (the friend) was making plans on which school to attend, the future etc. Suddenly, he asked if the visitor was hungry. The visitor nodded affirmatively. However, instead of providing the meal;- he led the visitor back across the street to his (visitor’s) father’s house. As soon as they entered the spacious room in the compound, they encountered the visitor’s sibling eating. He waved to the portion of food left on the table, and asked his brother to help himself to the food. As they entered the room, they were joined by another friend who immediately helped himself to a choice piece of meat.
Providence is always home.Home at heart or Heart at home is where Providence Lives!