Corruption in the country

Letters

THERE is much talk about corruption in our country, and they seem to point mostly to politicians, bureaucrats and other people in responsible positions.
We should understand that we are stewards of whatever God gives us and puts us in.
This concept of stewardship begins with the recognition that God is the owner of everything and everyone on Earth and we are responsible and report to him.
We must understand that we never really own anything during our brief stay on Earth. God just loans the Earth to us while we are here.
It was God’s property before you arrived, and God will loan it to someone else after you die.
So while being in the leadership position, are you responsible?
Everything is God’s and he is watching what we are doing.
We can trick and steal and all, but after all you are going to die and take nothing with you.
Our culture says “if you don’t own it, you won’t take care of it”, but the Bible says “because God owns it, you must take the best care of it”.
Taking care refers to feeding the people properly with what God has provided.
Everyone should be equally fed and that is the responsibility of a leader.
Oil, gas, gold, timber, fish, etc, were put here for us all to benefit from – not for just a few people. It is a fatal mistake to assume that our goal in life is material prosperity or popular success, as the world defines it.
We engage in corrupt practices to accumulate while others suffer. But everything we accumulate and build will collapse.
Our kids may have a secure foundation through ill means and we feel satisfied but even our children will not be blessed. Stolen things are a curse.
In God’s terms we are lost despite of what we accumulate, feel satisfied with or boast of.
Those who treat life as a temporary assignment and serve faithfully and honestly are true leaders. They know they are responsible and make responsible decisions that benefit many.
So because life is temporary, why can’t we share equally our wealth God has given us?
Our country is small and by this time health services, schools, electricity, roads, bridges all things should be functioning well.
At the end of our lives on Earth we will be evaluated and rewarded according to how well we have handled what God entrusted to us, whether as a leader, politician, etc.
We are accountable not only to our people but to the owner of the Earth and Him who gave us the life.
To whom much is given, much is expected of him.

DSP Hanapiri