How many people do we need to change our circumstances? What does it take to change the past? Who will change the status quo in our generation? All it takes is one person.
My heart has been brooding over the comments I received from my previous post ‘Breaking the Cycles’. I realise that the situation of broken families needs to change. Not only that but the poverty situaiton in our nation, the nature of politics, the issues of war and disease, the concerns of HIV, malaria, illeteracy, a better Uganda, a developed Africa – I could go on and on. All around us there are situations and circumstances that need to be addressed.
Many times we can feel overwhelmed and helpless. The good news is that God can accomplish much even with one person.
God created each one of us fearfully and wonderfully. Each one has special features, talents, skills and capabilities. These can be used to impact our world either positively or negatively – depending on how we use them. This has led me to two examples of individuals who used their potential to infulence their worlds – one for bad and another for good.
Joseph Kony. His names lets you know that I’ve decided to start with the negative. Through this one person the Lord’s Resistance Army was founded. Through him northern Uganda has suffered a war for 20 years. Thousands of children have been abducted, thousands displaced and countless people mutilated. Thousands are living in IDP camps. All this because of one man.
Nelson Mandela is not a new name when it comes to the greatest leaders of our time. Through him the ANC saw an end to Apartheid rule in South Africa. After so many years, this was almost impossible. Many before him had been oppressed, countless people died. Because he chose to do the right thing, millions are enjoying the benefits of his sacrifice.
People seek leadership. People seek causes to support and people to rally behind. What it takes is one person. Each one of us has been given a sphere of influence. For a stay home mum, their home is that sphere of influence. It could be a shop, a business, a church, an office, a school – if all thse spehres of influence are impacted positively by good individuals, this world will be a much better place.
In a bid to develop and eradicate poverty, many developing countries put emphasis on infrastructure, security and defence, investment schemes, democracy, etc. Good as these are, most times little attention is put on human resource development – empowering the ones in the nation. Singapore did this left Uganda in the thid world to become a first world country.;
One Sunday Pastor Gary Skinner shared in a sermon at KPC. He said that what Uganda needs to develop is not more foreign aid or more policemen. What Uganda needs is good people. I’ll add to that by saying that what our world needs is good people. Good inviduals. Good ones. You can choose to be among the ones that bring positive change to a hurting world.
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