Capitalizing On Our Strengths As African People

For many years, we haven’t capitalized on our strengths. As African people, we have been waiting for others to validate us and tell us that what we do is good or right. But we’ve got to validate ourselves. We must justify our actions and the things we do. We are no longer puppets or slaves to these white folks.

They have been able to capitalize on their strengths and make use of them, often at our expense. Why shouldn’t we also capitalize on our strengths and make good use of them without exploiting others? As Africans, our strengths lie mostly in the physical and spiritual realms. We have both physical and spiritual strength.

Our physical strength is evident in how strong we are physically. We are energetic, resilient, rugged, agile, enduring, and resistant. When it comes to physical activities, we thrive. We excel in physical labor and physical expressions that might be challenging for others. We make use of different parts of our body to excel in physical activities. We dance a lot. We sing a lot. We engage in sports frequently. We play musical instruments. And we do all these creative and amazing things.

When it comes to spiritual matters, we are vast—highly deep and spiritual. As I have said in many of my posts, Africans are spiritual. Our spiritual antennae are far more sensitive than those of any other race in the world. Our spirituality, which some foreigners have demonized as voodoo or black magic, is often misunderstood.

Our traditional religions have been bad-tagged. The foreigners have ridiculed and derided our spirituality, even to those among us who follow contemporary religions. They say we are fanatical and bigoted. But they don’t understand that spirituality is our strength. They don’t know that – that’s what keeps us above and beyond. That is what makes us shine and flourish.

The resources and nutrients on our land are innumerable. They are uncountable, giving the world wonders. As they keep extracting the resources, they keep multiplying. Our resources are unlimited. And that is part of the evidence of our spirituality. Because our treasures are not ephemeral, but they are deeply rooted in the spiritual.

This doesn’t mean other people don’t have physical and spiritual strengths; it just means we function best in those areas, and we should let the world know that’s what makes us shine.

Go around the world and you’ll see the fastest growing spiritual centers are by Africans.

Moreover, our devotion and commitment to spiritual matters are second to none. We are spiritually focused and sensitive, with many of us believing in God, even if we are not religious or fanatical.

When it comes to mental strength, that’s a different dimension we’ll discuss in another article. 

Let’s start making use of our strengths. Let’s not allow anyone to ridicule or undermine what we have as Africans. We are strong. We are genuine. We are great human beings created to manifest the glory of the Creator.

Let’s function in this knowledge and begin to do great things for ourselves and our continent. God bless Africa.

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What Exactly Do We Need to Start Doing Now? (L3)

Having discussed the type of government we need in Africa (check here: The Government that Works for Us), it's clear that significant change must take a gradual process. Change itself is not easy to achieve, but it is surely worth it in the long run. We know Africa has been robbed for many decades, and to liberate it, time and effort are required. Meanwhile, it is not impossible to implement those changes.

The first thing we need is planning. We need to be deliberate about what we want and begin to pursue it. 

What do we want? 

We want freedom. We want good leadership. We want an environment where we can live happily without fear or prejudice. To have this, we must plan it. Planning is not a herculean task; it’s basically mapping out how we want to achieve our goals.

Creating a massive sensation and orientation among ourselves is crucial. Whatever we want, let’s keep talking about it—among ourselves and with others. Whatever is a top priority in our minds should be what we talk about. 

If we want freedom, let’s keep talking about it. If we want good leadership, let’s keep talking about it. There is power in our words. We can’t keep silent and hope things will change. Nothing will change without us taking action.

We have the power to liberate and deliver our continent from the hands of wolves, even with the words of our mouth.

Next is to push all the agendas and activities that will establish the changes we want, starting from each of us as individuals. We must know and appreciate the value of each and every one of us. 

As individuals, we have a crucial role to play. We are not voiceless or hopeless entities. We have power within ourselves, and when we combine this power, it’s massive and profound. We can make all the changes we want if we are willing to do it. Again, change doesn’t happen on its own. We make it happen.

Next, it’s important we keep learning and developing ourselves. Knowledge is vital for empowerment. Whatever we know can be an advantage in the battlefield. We must understand this is a warfare against corrupt minds and injustice—a fight against the powers of darkness and wickedness in high places.

From this, we go spiritual. Let’s engage the spiritual weapons in our arsenal. 

First is our faith—by faith we know this world was created by the word of God. If it was created by the word, then it must listen to the word of God in our mouths. 

Let’s control things in the spirit and commit the hearts of the wicked souls into the hands of the Lord. Let the Lord remove them if they fail to repent, and let massive transformation begin to take place. Let people’s hearts be ignited, and let there be strength and willingness in the hearts of the people. 

Let there be revival and lasting revolution all over our continent, and let people come to the knowledge of the truth. Let the light shine and dispel every darkness, and let the Spirit of the Lord rule over the earth. 

Let wickedness be crushed and injustice buried. Let there be true freedom and liberty for the people of God (Isaiah 61:1-3). Let the hearts of the people be ready and willing to give it all it takes to win this battle. 

We pray for strength, courage, boldness, and resilience in the face of adversity and difficulties.

Let good things happen on the soil of Africa and let there be a lasting change.

Finally, at our place of work, at our place of worship, at our place of rest, let’s keep doing what will liberate our continent. Let’s use all the platforms and resources we have to promote what we want. We can start in our own (little or big) way and see how little things snowball into big things. 

Whoever can do anything, let them do it. As long as it promotes what we want and brings us freedom, let’s pursue it.

I see us achieving greatness and delivering our continent from the hands of wolves. God bless you and thanks for reading.

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Nothing We Have that We Have Not Received

Whatever you have, you have received. So, don’t brag about yourself. Don’t feel proud of yourself. The abilities you have, the intelligence you have, the wisdom, the ideas, the knowledge, the skills, the resources, the time, including the life that you have, were all given to you. 

Nothing is your own. You didn’t make or create them. You were only given them to multiply and make life beautiful with them.

I have said it before: human beings are essentially transducers. We are objects that convert one form of energy to another form. We don’t and can’t create energy. Neither can we destroy it. But we can convert it from one form to another. That is essentially what we do in life. That is who we are.

If you see anyone bragging about their ability, saying - they can do this, they can do that, without acknowledging the source of life, they are ignorant. They will soon realize they don’t have anything of their own. They will soon realize their inability and incompetence.

Life is given to us as a gift, and we must see it as such. We must not be arrogant or feel pompous about what we are given.

Let’s celebrate life and enjoy it while we have it. Let’s acknowledge the Giver of life and the Source from whom all good things come. This is the only way we can increase and multiply life. Shalom! 

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