Putting aside all the drama that has been in the country recently, Christian involvement in politics matters. Should we excuse ourselves, walk out of parliament and spend the whole day at the altar in prayer? With faith comes action. If politics has been known be a dirty game, well, someone has to get in and clean up the mess.
Should we have an opinion? Yes. Should we care about our country? Yes. Should we vote? Yes. But it’s time we talk politics in a way that models the teachings of Jesus rather than mocks them.
What comes out of politics are decisions, most of which are actually modified into laws. Politics determines our life from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to bed. It affects our homes, our jobs, our welfare and our families.
In the beginning, it was a dream that she pursued and prayed to God for victory. Her decision to join politics till now is surrounded by criticisms and support at the same time. This is what happens in the real world. This is what happens when you decide to make your dream become a reality. When we decide to stop warning the church seats and rise up to make a difference in society, all forces, good and bad will rise up to us.
As a successful Buikwe Woman Mp, Judith Babirye is also an NRM flag bearer. Is this the biggest issue here? Is she defined by arbitrary party lines? Both political parties go to church, right? Of course as a serving minister she has to draw boarders between the church and politics.
While we understand that politics matters, sometimes we can’t see how what happens in the deluxe parliamentary building affects us… or how we can affect it.
This is the challenge before Judith Babirye and many other Christian Leaders who have been voted into power and are to enter the parliamentary building. Not that they are the most experienced or perfect leaders, voters simply expect that because of the God that works through them, they will model the teaching and leadership of Christ.
Strife and quarreling are symptoms of weak faith (Proverbs 10:12; 2 Timothy 2:23-25; James 4:1) and are among the things the Lord “detests.” We need to rise above the vitriol and learn to love our neighbors the way God commanded us.
We all saw her early 2000 singing ‘Wambatira’ and I believe that we should support her 2016 just as we did before.
One this that she needs to acknowledge, which I trust she already knows is that, this is her time. Her time to influence the country, the people of Buikwe, the NRM and its leadership based on the principles of the bible.
Her influence has moved across boundaries, she is not the spotlight for the church alone; she now has the entire country to serve. She is to work with politicians fueled by ambition, greed and corruption. This is the real world.
Just as the earlier church did for Ester, God commands us to pray for our leaders—for their wisdom, for their hearts and for them to be led by Him. And if we’re a Church that believes God is in control, we have to believe that He is the one in control of the end times—not whoever’s in office now, and not whoever succeeds them.
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By Samuel Balagadde – Writer is an evangelist and minister at Praise Christian tabernacle Church.
Photo [PPU] – Judith Babirye together with other NRM MP’s Elect during their retreat at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi district.
