CRITERIA
FOR DERTERMINING A DEVELOPED NATION
We pride ourselves in the Western
world on our scientific knowledge. Yet this knowledge is largely confined to
the physical world…We know so very little about spiritual things-our spiritual
acumen is quite low – J.P. Timmons.
It is great to be a
developed nation. A developed nation is generally perceived as a nation which
has overcome most of its developmental challenges. A challenge is said to be a
call to confrontation. Thus a developed nation may be perceived as a nation
which has successfully confronted most of its challenges. Conversely, a nation which is still wrestling
with most of its developmental challenges may be perceived as a developing
nation or an underdeveloped nation, depending on the degree and extent of its
challenges. However, a real developed nation is more than a perception! Real
developed nations are nations that are mature in body (people), soul (mindset
of her people), and spirit (love and unity among the people). Besides, whether
or not a nation is developed must be determined in God’s perspective, never in
humanistic perspective!
The planet Earth is the
Lord’s; the people and all that is in it. The people on the earth comprise
individuals, family units, communities, societies, nations and continents. The
people in a particular community, nation or continent generally have a common
body, soul and spirit. The body denotes their personality and idiosyncrasies;
the soul is their mindset and paradigm; and the spirit connotes the degree and
nature of their relationships. The relationship is two-fold: right relationship
with their Owner (God), and among themselves. The supreme governing laws on
earth emanates from God, the Manufacturer. The Manufacturer has a manual which
details such laws. The manual is the Holy Bible; its precepts are timeless,
universally applicable, unbiased and have determinable consequences! For example, throwing real human moral
principles to dogs is courting catastrophe and shipwreck. It is high time we
took lessons from what caused the downfall of the erstwhile great nations like
Babylon and Egypt. Today, many so-called developed nations are electrically
crumpling and declining because they have exchanged real human moral principles
with that of animals.
God is the creator and
owner of the world; it goes without saying that the criteria for assessing
whether or not any nation on earth is developed are His sole prerogative! In
the beginning of time, God created Heaven and Earth. He evaluated His entire
creation and concluded that they are good! However, sin corrupted God’s
creation through the disobedience of mankind. God came down to this earth in
the person of Jesus Christ and spiritually healed the earth. He however, left
the physical healing in the hands of mankind. Thus mankind has been spiritually
restored to its original glorious position which it lost at the beginning of
time. It is now mandated to make the earth good by physically recreating this
defiled world. The procedures and methods for mankind to complete this awesome
task have been clearly and simply expressed in the Manufacturer’s manual-the
Bible.
A developed nation is
therefore a nation which has been able to recreate its part of the world in the
way prescribed in the Bible. The main criterion is that its people must be
reconnected to their Maker through Jesus Christ. Secondly, its people must be
transformed by the renewal of their mind (mindset and paradigm) in order to be
physically healed from the corrupt mindset of the defiled world, and also in
order not to conform to its deceptive colourful and sugary appeals. Thirdly,
its people must endeavour to live in love and unity.
Is there any developed nation on earth? Definitely, the
answer lies not in the mouth the UN, EU, AU, ECOWAS, or the West, but God!
Fortunately for us, the answer is contained in the Bible. It is simply No! In
case you have doubts, read the Bible for yourself.
Richard Obeng
Mensah, author of Persecutions are Promotions. borncapy@yahoo.com/www.richard-obeng-mensah.blogspot.com
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