Tag: government

What I am bringing this week is something I wrote before I had the blog up and running.
It was written during the restrictions which were in place to control COVID. You know, all those restrictions nobody liked.
I am posting it now as I feel I am being lead to.

I woke up a couple of nights back after having a strange dream. I can remember some of the details but not in any kind of order???
I was left with a picture though.
I feel as though it was meant to show what it can be (or could possibly be) like at the top of the government.

It was a picture of a rocket ship on the launch pad, fuelled and ready to go with the pilot sitting in his seat.
The pilot is meant be represent the prime minister.
He is the one to launch the rocket into space.
He will lead and direct the craft making decisions at the appropriate time in order to see that all goes well.

Does success fully depend on the pilot?

I think this is one of those yes/no question/answers.

The pilot has to make decisions based on information that has been given to him. If he is given bad information he could make bad choices which could lead to the rocket crashing and burning.
If he is given good information then he can take the right decisions which leads to success and glory for all.

It was at this point I felt compelled to pray.
Lord, let good information get through to the prime minster and cut off all the bad information.

As I dwelt on the illustration I thought “Is the pilot responsible for the rocket being on the launch pad?”

I believe the answer is no.
There were the engineers who designed and made the rocket. There was the mathematician’s who have worked out all the sums needed for the engineers to do there bit.
When you continue to consider the picture there is even the fuel in the tanks waiting to be burnt in order to achieve lift off.

All these things are out of the pilots control.
He has to trust that every one else has done their bit correctly so that lift off can be achieved.

So who are the engineers, mathematicians and the like?
Government on the whole is one possible answer.

But the one that struck me was, who represents the fuel?
The part that costs huge amounts of money, that will just be burnt.
I kind of think it is us, the people. Without money (taxes) for the fuel the rocket is going nowhere. But I also think it also goes further than just taxes.

I feel as though it is what will we, the people, will do and act as the fuel for the rocket.
Will we be good fuel or bad? Will we be the good fuel that pushes the rocket into space or will we be bad fuel that causes the engine to stutter and fail, which could lead to a crash?

We all have our part to play. We all have a need to make and do the right things to ensure we are good fuel. We all have to do our bit to achieve success.
We may not like the things we currently need to do to achieve success but failure really shouldn’t be an option.

Making the right choice might be inconvenient or painful, but if it is the right choice then we should do it. (Whatever that right choice is.)

It was at this point I was reminded of a train caught in a tunnel which was on fire.
There was a group of people who came out of the train and walked up to the front of the train. Most people of the group wanted to carry on walking up the tunnel away from the burning train, but there was a fire fighter who Knew different.
He said “If we walk up the tunnel where the smoke is going We Will Die from smoke inhalation. No, we need to go down past the burning train in order to escape! It will be hard and painful but is is our only chance to survive.”
The people of the group listened to the fire fighter and they survived.

So the question is, will we do our bit and do all we can to achieve success?

That was the place I got to when I wrote this.
As I have thought about this I also think that the picture is true for smaller groups, such as churches for instance.

In all groups we have a leader, and those who follow or work with the leader.
The leader has their part to play but not everything depends on the leader. We all have our part to play.

The question is, will we try to be good fuel or bad fuel?
Will we try to do our part to achieve success for all?

Father,
Please help everyone in all that they do.
I ask that you will give wisdom to all our leaders so that they can make good choices. I ask that they will be given good information and that bad information is removed from them.
I also ask that you will help us all to do our bit, both for our nation and also closer to home.
That we will be willing to follow your prompting and your guidance so that we can all be part of the solution, doing our part you have for us to do.
Amen