Wednesday 28 January 2015

What Does It Take To Be BRAVE



 THE BRAVERY


Bravery according to Longman dictionary can be defined as someone who is courageous, fearless, and ready to suffer danger or pain. Or to face or risk facing (danger, pain, or trouble) without showing fear.
In common term, bravery is someone who is able to resist opposition such as hunger, poverty, marriage challenges, academic challenges, political powers, etc.
Bravery takes many forms. It can be in the form of politics, religion, social, business initiatives, scientific, moral and immoral, and regional or tribal etc. depending on the state of the situation.
In our world many people think being brave refers to a person who has been able to make it in life financially, but do not consider the belief or spiritual, physical, political, power or authority, and other aspects of bravery.  As already stated, being bravery means been able to resist oppositions no matter the extent of the opposition.
Many people succeed in bribery and corruption, arm robbery, lying, killing or murdering, and other immoral or deviant life and call themselves bravery. This is not bravery, but rather immorality or deviant behaviour.  

Some Forms of Bravery:
Religious bravery
Religious bravery is when a person is faithful to his or her religious doctrine and able to resist oppositions. There are so many religious oppositions which exist to frustrate people in a particular religion. For instance, the Bahai opposes the teachings of Christians, the Muslims also opposes the teachings of Christians and vise versa.
Christianity is not really a religion in the context of the bible but in some context can be classified as a religion.  It is a way of life, ‘Christ – like life’ Jesus life style exhibits by His followers.  A Christian is said to be brave when he or she is faithful, love others, obey God’s word, and can resist temptations and depend on JESUS for eternal life.
The reason why many Africans are suffering is because of the lack of braveness to overcome challenges.   People attend Church or worship place with no faith and limits God or their god. In my country Ghana more than 60% are Christians but are not bravery.  Many people call themselves Christians but do not practice Christianity. They waver between hot and cold, are not faithful, kindly, lovely etc.   

Political bravery
In Africa, when a person is able to become president through war, or blood shedding, people consider it to be bravery. Also when a person succeeds in coup de ta he is considered to be bravery.
Politically, bravery means a person whose vision and mission is accepted by the majority of the people and he or she is supported to become president through election, or by any constitutional means.
The America president His Excellency Barrack H. Obama was bravery to resist all the abusive languages, frustrations, threats, and many others to become president through constitutional election.  He resisted oppositions from the day he entered into politics.
The former South African late president, His Excellency Nelson Mandela was brave to resist the colonial masters and the citizens who were opposing him. He stood firm to capture power for his people. He resisted all the insults, torcher, and marital challenges to gain independence for his people.

Social bravery
In stages in life there are so many oppositions. The challenges of peer influence, biological adolescent challenges, physiological, self-identity, and many others. 
Socially people are tempted to do or accept certain philosophies, and doctrines. It is very hard at the adolescent stage where there are many biological and physiological changes.  Boys feels and influence to have sexual intercourse with the girls, engaged in many social vices, and vise versa.  People are influence social.
Social bravery is where people are able to resist social challenges and are not influenced by external forces. Here the person is focus and do not attend to immoralities or be a disobedient person.

Business initiative
For a person to succeed in life, he has to be of sound mind, able to think and reason logically. A person who fails to think and take initiatives or even provide advice to others to take initiative and is lazy is not brave.
It takes bravery for people to take initiatives. Many university graduates are jobless or unemployed because they are not brave in taking initiatives and always depend on government or public sector jobs.  Many have turned to become arm robbers, prostitutes, corrupts, etc. because they are not brave to come out with little business plan. Attempting and lacking funds is better than not attempting it at all. Most of the time when business initiatives are taking, people who are business oriented may support.
In business initiatives one does not need huge sums of money before he or she starts. It is step by step. All the millionaires and wealthy people in the world started very little and have ended big.  

Scientific bravery
Discovering of knowledge takes braveness. It is braveness that led to the invention of heavy machines and equipment. Why bravery is needed is because it is do and die affair. Without bravery there wouldn’t have been discoveries of oil, space, gold, silver, and many others.
Scientific bravery is when a person is focus and determines to discover the hidden no matter the challenges.

Moral and immoral bravery
A decent and moral behaviour is where majority of the people expect from an individual. The majority who do not like decent and moral life are themselves immoral.
Arm robbery, prostitution, stealing, lying, greediness, hatred etc. are immoral bravery.  No society accepts these norms.
In conclusion, bravery means being able to resist oppositions and becoming the ruler of the opposition.
  
By Maxwell Kobina Acquah (PhD)
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Sunday 4 January 2015

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA - Is not the prophecy fulfilled




The America president, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA (2009 – 2016) has been in the news since 2007 or the day of his political ambition to date. 
Many people of different religious belief have prophesied about a black person rising to the highest seat in America. Prophets, magicians, astronomers, etc. have said so many things about the future of America presidency. Even today some people are still prophesising about a black man president. Some of these prophets said that black president would be the last to rule and that would be the end of the world. Others also said, the black man will send America backwards – economic hardship, disasters, increase of demonic activities, breakages of international relations and so on. The black president will make Africa superior than other continents.  
When Barack H. Obama started rising to become president of America a lot of things were said and still people are saying so many things about him. Out of these prophecies, some people have concluded that President Barack H. Obama is the prophecy fulfilled. Should those prophecies be concluded that President Barack H. Obama is the one referred to as the black man becoming president in America?  Under what basis these prophecies should be accepted? Were the prophets specific? Can those prophecies be compared with those in the Bible? Are we in the end time? Is President Obama black American or African? Does the colour matter? Were those prophecies just a prediction or real revelation? Who qualifies to prophesy? Are prophecies and predictions the same?
This piece of philosophical work analysis and exposes the secret behind President Barack H. Obama presidency and the future of America.





The America Constitution
When Obama was campaigning, it was roamed that some African leaders and some black millionaires across the world massively supported him financially, physically, and spiritually. They supported or advocated for him because:
i.                    Of the perception of him being a black person and also half African.
ii.                  He will help bridge the socio-economic gab between the Americans and the Africans.
iii.                Immigration policies may favour many Africans to enter America.
iv.                Racism would be overcome or reduced, and there would not be a black president for blacks or white president for whites, but a president for all.
v.                  Sign of equal rights to all in America.
vi.                People will realise that black people can also think, analysis things, make judgement and come out with solutions to problems.
vii.              Slave trade in all manner of ways (socio-economic, health, science and technology, etc.) may be reduced or eradicated.
The reasons are many; these seven were some of the main reasons of some people supporting Obama. What has been left or was not considered is the America constitution. The constitution of America allows every sound and brilliant citizen to vote, benefit, and be a leader in America if the majority of the people affirm the person through voting.  The actual problem was the practice of racism and not the constitution.
The ancient constitution of America was somehow centred on the whites’ citizens because there were only majority of whites (98%) in the nation or states and the rest were visitors made of slaves and traders who were not citizens.  
Logically it is very difficult for strangers or visitors to rule over the owners of the land. So when the slaves or visitors later became citizens, it became a battle between the original rulers and the visitors which were in the form of racism and discrimination. Racism and abuse or discrimination was some of the methods or ways or strategies to prevent or resist the blacks or strangers or visitors to contest or compete in politics. This battle generated a lot of predictions by some black visitors or strangers who became citizens that they hope that one day a black person will also claim on the highest seat of America to rule. I do not think this is a revelation prophecy but a vision and revolution that naturally has to be. 
A half American and half African (BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA) has become president. What paves the way for him to contest the presidential election is the constitution. The people in America understood and accepted his philosophies and voted for him.  He is American citizen not African citizen, and an African cannot be president in America. President BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA cannot do anything without the constitution of America.

Culture
Culturally Americans always thinks about the superiority of their country over other countries first. An African leader considers himself to be overlord of his people and not the country being superior than other countries.
There are poverty, hunger, sickness and diseases, conflict, and some immoralities in Africa because some Africa leaders are selfish, wicked, corrupt, agents of demons, are not united, lazy in solving problems, mistrust, time wasting and many others. They are not problem solvers but give excuses. They always depend on some people for survival and were happy when Obama became president thinking he will just give them money and luxury things to use.
Culturally, President Obama would not consider helping others who are competing with his country in socio-economic development and other things.  He is for America and would always consider America first not Africa. If he is to provide any help to Africa it must be in the interest of Americans (or the constitution) and not him as a person.  Even him as an individual person would consider the welfare and superiority of America over others. The constitution says Americans or America first.

Religion
It is very hard to specifically state where President Obama belongs to. Why because he has Christian, Muslim, African Traditional Religious belief, and other religious background. His religion is for him to decide where he would strongly live by.

Colour
It is up hauling to hear or read that President Obama is the black president of America. He is neither black nor white. He is in between, and he is for all. Not specific group of people. As the late Lucky Dube (a South African reggae musician) said different colours, one people, there is neither black nor white or chocolate, or grey. The blood is red and all people have red blood colour.  Whether black or white, we have one blood colour, we all do urinate, eat food, sleep, fall sick, feel pains when harmed, have emotions and psychological feelings, etc.   
Racism is a disease and must not be encouraged. One body many parts, one tree many branches and roots. If people are supporting President Obama because of his vision and mission that is fine but should not really because he has a black genes in him.

Interventions in Africa
President Obama has not helped in anything exceptional to Africa. He is only doing what the America constitution is required of him as a president to do. There has not been any effective socio-economic development in Africa when Obama came into power. He is ruling as any American president would rule.

Prophesies
 I have already stated in the introduction that many people are claiming that president Obama is the black president prophesied or predicted some years ago to be president.
The said prophesies in all the internet, in books, and other sources may hold or may not be the truth. Those Prophets, magicians, astronomers, etc. who were specific about Obama, by mentioning his name and how he will win and rule may be right. But those who just predicated that someone with black skin may rule one day in America may be just a predication and not prophesy. Since the world has not come to an end and nobody knows when the world would be ended, no one can conclude that President Obama is the black president ever in America. If it is the colour that some people are basing their argument on, then they might be committing error because a dark black person born by parents both black from black skin colour family may become president in some years to come. Very dark black skin colour is likely to become president in America. The former United Nations secretary general was very dark in colour (black), he is from Ghana and the UN policy allows citizens of all member nations the right to contest in the general secretary and other position. That’s how the America constitution also allows the citizens to contest election in America.

Africa and America politics
As already stated, America and Africa are competing in Socio-economic development and in other things. Americans wouldn’t want Africa to be at the same level with them in economics, science and technology, and many other things; and this is natural politics. If Africa develops America and other continent may be in trouble in economic wise.   Because America depends on Africa for rich natural resources, and if Africa become knowledgeable in how to convert raw materials to finish product America may suffer in socio-economic policies.  
The strategies of America and other developed nations are that, they wouldn’t want Africa to know science and technology, and other developing strategies. This is politics and in politics the strongest survive. It is about strategies, discipline, trust, visions, repentance, self-encouragement, and faithfulness.
The conflicts and socio-economics problems in Africa are created by the external forces and some co-operate aimless and wicked Africa leaders.  The external forces are those who supply weapons and finances to Some Africans who are killing people for their selfish interest. Can those external forces be blame much; I think no, because it is a political agenda and would want to control Africans always.
The America manufactures these destructive weapons for protection and economic gains. For them they are selling and whoever buys from them is not their concern.  The ones they do not sell are what can be used against them. President Obama cannot stop the conflict in Africa because it is politics. The only thing the America is doing wants to do bloodless politics with Africans. They are engaging in politics where innocent blood would not be shared. But the co-operate Africans because of their personal gains (to rule or be overlord of his people) shares blood.

Africa leaders
Some are not problem solvers but always give excuses. Some do not care whatever may happen to their citizens.  President Obama cannot ask some wicked Africa leaders not do what they are doing because it will benefit them. The only thing they normally do is trying to save innocent people not to be killed but is not enough. Already the America is competing with Africa and in some ways when Africa is kept in under develop it benefits them.
Africa leaders have to do away with corrupt practices and focus in developing the continent. They have to stop depending on the America always for aid which comes with conditions of keeping Africa under develops. They have to invest in education and youth development initiatives.  
The humanitarian work that America should insist in Africa is the band of shipping war machines, guns, and other destructive weapons and financing of conflict by some individuals and some states.
NOTE:
Dear reader this article was taken from a book written by the author. The book is under review and editing and will be release out. Most of the information can be found in the author’s works (books).
Author Maxwell Kobina Acquah (PhD) who is also known as Kobina Yeful and has a pen name YEFULKAY and preferred to be called Maxwell Kobina Acquah Yeful is anointed Bible teacher and author who write absorbing inspirational books.
Maxwell is well educated and trained to address major "critical issues affecting every aspect of human, social, and spiritual development" with thorough analysis. He is very talented and gifted in his presentations and in the writings. He has written couple of social, motivational and inspirational books. He is a teacher, counsellor, a consultant, motivational speaker and a mentor. He is available on many social networks.
His favourite Bible quotes are:
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jeremiah 30:2 Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.
Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

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