We Look Forward to One Like Joseph

People are expecting the world economic crisis to be over in a short time and yet the crisis is serious and deeply-rooted. If you take a closer look at the world economic performance, it looks as if the huge amounts of money given by governments, simply evaporated. To cut a long story short, human greed has created a system of circulation of credit, which is not backed up by real money. So when there is a call on this credit, it causes a run on the banks and the whole system collapses.

People have come to worship a new alien god which is money, and this god has now betrayed all his worshippers. People must realise that we are called to make new choices concerning the care of people and the care of nature. The so-called advanced technology and huge capacity for growth has to be re-set. We must move back from the age of plenty to the age of scarcity. There is no doubt we are, globally speaking, facing an era of scarcity. But with imaginative re-ordering of priorities it can, paradoxically, be turned into an age of caring for people and sustainability for our planet.

To a true believer this will only happen when the Lord shall be king over all the earth and in that day there shall be one Lord and His name one This King shall bring a new administration, one religion of truth, one united world, new economic system, increase in productivity and equal distribution of wealth. “Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom to order it, and to establish it with judgement and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this” (Isaiah 9:7). That is when one who is like Joseph is here.

Bro Moses Dhlakama (Chipinge, Zimbabwe)