BEYOND THE HORIZON – by Azgard Steven

Once upon a time, the world was full of only two people, the entire

planet full of two people. I try to imagine, there had been plenty
than the human needs. The only difference it makes is that, everything
was natural, provided by nature; no air conditions, sofa sets and
Toyota V8. As time went on, people multiplied and today we strive and
struggle to acquire the limited resources; the demand of almost
everything seems to be greater than its supply. The world has several
times declared food shortage, fuel shortage, clean water shortage,
clean air shortage, land shortage, to mention few. Scientists are
exploring if a room can be found outside planet to damp the excess
population. Life is becoming a struggle for the fittest, to refer
philosophers.
But the question remains, is it real true that we have shortage of
everything? Is it true that food cannot be abundantly supplied, water,
air? Is it real true that the planet is at optimum of its capacity for
even survival? This is the paradox in the midst of synonymous
questions.
Talking of Africa, specifically Tanzania, are these questions
answerable? In Dar es Salaam, it takes several millions to get a piece
of land while in Makete-Iringa it takes just several thousands to get
the same piece of land, for the same purpose. Seven major rivers pour
their water into Indian Ocean day and night, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week; but Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and some parts of Kilimanjaro,
suffers water shortage to the extent that water is becoming amongst
scarce commodities (totally against water-diamond paradox). It takes
several ten millions to build a home in Arusha, but it takes several
millions to build the same home in Lushoto-Tanga. People are sleeping
outside others’ homes and business premises in Dar es Salaam while
there is plenty land to build a hut in Lushoto.
Economics has answers to all these scenarios; I have no doubt of that
because I have studied and understood it all. But my concern is, why
should that be? Why should be existing problems in both rural and
urban? While rural suffers of power shortage but full of water supply,
the urban suffers water supply shortage but full of power supply!
While urban suffers land shortage but enjoys transport access, the
rural suffers transport access but enjoys plenty supply of arable
land! This is paradox easy to answer by economics principles but hard
to depict in reality.
Sincerely speaking, there are problems in both rural and urban. There
is luxury in both rural and urban. The only difference is, they are
differentiated in terms of levels, nature and approach. If that is so,
then there are businesses opportunities in both rural and urban; that
mean someone can invest in rural and get returns while the other
invest in urban and get returns as well.
The very shocking shortage that the country is provokingly facing
right now, and it will sooner get worse, is employments shortage,
simply put unemployment. A good number of graduates is released every
year, meanwhile there is irrelevant growth in number of employment
opportunities in formal sector. Frankly speaking, employment shortage
may be greater than food shortage, water shortage, and power shortage;
and this may have severe consequences than any shortage ever happened.
Currently, it is normal to interview 1,000 applicants for a single
post needing 10 people. So far the Post System is currently doing
business because of one post announced by one small firm.
The question should be, is it real true that there is no employments?
If the answer is yes that means there are limited or no problems in
the society hence we have a perfect society. This is not true, our
society has many problems than the good it has; that is to say there
are many potential employments than what we currently have. That is to
say, the provoking unemployment shortage about to multiply can be
solved.
I hope it is true that the available employments are the solutions to
problems we are currently experiencing. There are currently have
doctors because there are patients; we have teachers because there are
children, there are accountants because we have financial
transactions, we have auditors because there are thieves in
organizations, there are civil engineers because we have house and
infrastructure constructions, there are marketers because we have
needs to be satisfied, etc. Hence there are vast problems in the
society that need people, that is to say there are vast employment
opportunities in the society.
Is it not true that the unemployed army constitute of accountants,
teachers, marketers, medical doctors, project planners, lawyers and
psychologists? Don’t we have such shortages in the society? The truth
is, the unemployed army constitutes of such people and the society
suffers such a shortage.
The only and biggest problem remain, who is to link between the
society’s problems and problem-solvers at the expense of payments!
Because it is not true that unemployed accountant do not want to be an
accountant, unemployed lawyer do not want to be a lawyer, unemployed
teacher do not want to be a teacher, and unemployed marketer do not
want to be a marketer. It is totally not true, every unemployed
somebody wants to be an employed somebody.
The approach to solve this problem is categorized into two, the
Aggregate Approach and the Individual Approach. The Aggregate Approach
is when the government, parastatals or private organization takes a
responsibility to define society’s problems and hire the
problem-solvers at the expense of a pay. Meanwhile The Individual
Approach is when the problem-solver takes a step to define a society’s
problem and offer a solution to it at a profit/gain.
Now, the fact that unemployment will remain a problem is defined by
the fact that either or both of the two approaches have not been in
effect. At the end of the day unemployment should not add to problems
that the society already has. I admire the fact that the system itself
does not create its people to take the individual approach to solving
the society’s problems at gain, but it should not be an excuse because
there is still a room to learn on how to go about. As I have said
before, the aggregate approach is when a government, parastatals or
private sector builds a link between society’s problems and
problems-solvers at the expense of a pay. Mind you, majority of these
private sectors ever began by taking an individual approach. Hence
behind individual approach is entrepreneurship.
Following the nature of our society, some of us should take this
approach; I believe there is ability but just willingness and
confidence. Those who tried it ended up succeed, I have examples. Less
educated people are solving society’s problems, and they gain from it;
retired and old people are doing the same and enjoy their gains; I
believe a fresh graduate can take the same move and excel. Don’t ask
me about capital, just get out of such a box of thinking of million to
thinking of hundred thousand; am sure even a hundred thousand does
something and multiplies.
It is then obvious that your family will be proud to hear you are
employed at ABC Company, but I am also sure that they are not happy
that you are not currently employed. I know that you real need a
reward to what you have constantly studied in more than 17 years, you
need a fast and good pay for it. Unfortunately going to individual
approach will mean, “Hey, you need some more time for good pay”, but
off course this is the way it works in this approach, in long-run it
gives more than a good pay.
Hence, it is and it will never be an easy task to go for individual
approach, but it is the move to take for the good of the country, but
also for your own good. If you feel courageous about this, if you feel
desperate, if you feel discontented and if you feel like doing
something like building a business venture; don’t hesitate, do it. A
try was always a good attempt except to an adolescent. So give it a
try and invest in it, invest your time and strength, invest your
skills and make a smart move. You may undergo a hard way, but don’t
give up; I can allow you to change a course of action but I don’t
allow you to give up!
Just to excite you, this will determine at what side of the table you
will sit during an interview. If you real need to live a fabulous life
at early age, try this. Don’t do it to get your daily bread, do it to
build a business empire, that you can employ your fellows. Remember,
what we call employment today was ever called slavery. An employee and
a slave have the same meaning, working for someone; the only
difference they make is that one is legitimate while the other was
illegitimate. Even a slave in Kenya used to stay at his own home!

By Azgard

POOR CHIMPANZEE – by Azgard Steven

POOR CHIMPANZEE – by Azgard Steven

A chimpanzee is sitting on the tree looking downwards. Beside the
tree is a house, a good house in such. The house is made of timber and
surrounded with flowers. These flowers are watered everyday to make
them shine, and then there is a playground at the front of the house.
This chimpanzee use to sit on this tree every evening watching the
house from above.
He looks when the woman in the house goes into the kitchen and makes
fire. He looks as she cooks what he uses to eat without cooking. Later
that day the other creatures in the house, the same specie to this
woman use to sit across one big room he heard them calling it
sitting-room. They use to watch to something looking like a window but
showing other creatures and features at the other side. A chimpanzee
is wondering day after day what is happening in this house. These
creatures are covered by some things a chimpanzee never knew until he
heard they call them clothes. What are they covering, he keeps asking
himself. May be it is because of cold, he concludes.
Some mornings a male creature comes out of the house having a rope on
the chest, hanging from the neck. What is it for, chimpanzee asks
himself without specific answers. This male creature comes out of the
house in the morning and comes back in the evening in daily basis
except some few days. Where is he going every day anyway? That is
another tough question to Mr. Chimpanzee. May be he goes for food,
maybe he is the keeper of the family, he concludes. But where does he
get the food, where are his games? That is another big question to
chimpanzee and he finds no answer to that.
One morning in those days this fellow male creature is at home, a
chimpanzee saw him talking to something in his hand. At the beginning
chimpanzee wanted to assume that these creatures use to talk alone,
but later he noticed that he has something in his hand and he has to
press it on his ear before talking. He presses some things on top of
it, wait for a while and press the device on the ear and start talking
in discrete fashion. What is he exactly doing? That is another brand
new question to Mr. Chimpanzee and unfortunately he failed to figure
it out. Some days later a chimpanzee use to see a female creature in
the house using the same style with a similar device. She presses on
top of it, wait for a while, put it on one of her ear and start
talking. Something is happening here, says chimpanzee and get onto the
top branch of the tree.
The male and female creatures get off the house direct into the
playground and start playing. They are happy going after one round
thing, putting it into one hole placed on top of a post. They seem
fighting to get it, it is like everyone wants it but in a scramble
fashion. This is crazy, can’t they find another one so that they don’t
keep running at one thing and finally stop their scramble. Perhaps
that makes them happy, he thinks. Whatever happens with these
creatures is strange after all, may be that is what they are, strange
creatures. Living in a huge cage they call it house, running with a
monster they call it a car, burning their food they call it cooking,
covering themselves up they call it dressing, eating each other’s
mouth soon the male creature is back they call it kissing, you can
mention a lot strange with them.
Poor chimpanzee! A tough research, isn’t it? Human beings are doing a
lot of researches, spending a lot of taxpayers’ money in the name of
research to explore the world. They explore and come out with a lot
what seems to be strange; how ants build their tents, how bees make
honey, what makes bats both animals and birds at the same time, why
lions don’t eat grasses, you can mention them. Have you ever thought
what animals think the wonders of human beings? Have you ever thought
what they come up with, how they handle it? Have you ever thought what
human beings will do to their world?
May be they think a human being is God, or may be a human being is
Devil, who knows! May be they think one day a human being will crash
the world into pieces, may be they think the end is very near, who
knows. Or perhaps antelopes think one day human being will eliminate
their everyday threat, lions.
You may not see how wonderful a human being is unless you look from
another angle. You just see it normal a human being living in the
house, driving a car, talking to a phone and to a very specific person
amongst thousands of millions, playing cards, playing football at
business level, you mention them. You may not see the wonders of it by
looking it from a human eye; you may not see it right.
Either, you may not see new possibilities, possibilities greater than
these by wondering how impossible it is; what will be beyond a
computer, what will be beyond worldwide web, what will be beyond
information systems. After all what was beyond a typewriter in 1880s!
A new perspective needs a fresh eye, it needs a new look. There are a
lot more we didn’t do yet I believe, there are more to be done and I
pray they don’t be destructive.
By Azgard Stephen

INSECURITY THREAT IN TANZANIA By Azgard Steven

 Insecurity is the beginning of governments in the world. The reason

why people decided to put their fellows at their fronts is to give
them a duty to ensure their security. If the government does not
ensure security to its citizens, then the primary purpose is missed.
But the question is, what is the people’s priority during election?
What is the most used term in campaigns? If you use to attend
campaigns I hope you know what it is but if you don’t let me just tell
you, development!
I don’t challenge people’s focus on development, even me I need
development; but development without security is corruption. I need
people to develop, I need a leader with development mentality, but if
you visit my To-Do list, security is priority one.
There is high rate of insecurity in Africa than any other continent in
the world despite the fact that Africans is the race with high degree
of hospitality all over the world. After all, what is insecurity? If I
were to define the term I would say, insecurity is the state of
vulnerability to danger, is the situation where one is vulnerable to
danger.
Despite the fact that whites are the most hostile race in the world,
there is a highest degree of security in their countries than any
other place in the planet. This is odd, it is a paradox for real. The
continents with the most hostile races in the world are with highest
degree of security, while the continent of high hospitality is with
the highest degree of insecurity! If I have to discuss this I would
say may be the hostile race posed a threat to security and hence the
authority made it priority one. May be the race with high hospitality
never think of threat of insecurity and all over sudden these people
of high hospitality are now turning into hostile.
Forget the politics, but we have a problem here, and we have to deal
with it. Insecurity in Africa is devastating. Someone must have a
grilled door and windows, someone must be at home before it is too
late, someone must be very aware of his cell phone while in street,
someone must choose what to say before he is eliminated or threatened.
This is not Africa; this is not Tanzania we know of. The Tanzanians we
know of are relatives to one another, Tanzanians we know of are one
family. The language of Tanzanians is ‘love your neighbour as you love
yourself;’ this has been our language since then until few days ago.
Something is wrong somewhere, something is not right and someone is
doing nothing.
The fact that we are now experiencing insecurity is obvious, the fact
that our security is compromised is very clear ahead. Let me give few
examples of the matter. Cases that people are robbed, especially in
urban, have become a common phenomenon now. People’s properties are at
stake now; everyday someone’s home is attacked, someone’s car is
hijacked, someone’s phone is grabbed, someone’s money is forcefully
taken off the pocket, you can mention.
Cases that a certain business entity is hijacked are obvious now;
banks are robbed every day, gas stations are attacked every night,
retail shops are ambushed, people’s homes are hijacked, you can
mention.
Recently more shocking events have taken place in Tanzanian soil,
events we never thought they will happen here, events we only watched
in the news. We have witnessed a Medical Doctor, Dr. Ulimboka, being
crucified alive, from nowhere someone can be kidnapped in Tanzanian
soil. We never expected this to happen, but it has happened and the
history is written. Either, we have vividly experienced homicide, the
killing of a reporter, the late Mr. Mwangosi, again in Tanzanian soil.
We were shocked, we didn’t believe it because we never thought of it
to happen, especially to us. In 2007, the Newspaper editor, Said
Kubenea, was acidified and we thought it was just an accident, but it
happened. Just recently, Muslims have destroyed, attacked and burned
their fellow christians' worshiping places
Today, it is not safe out there, there is no one to trust. People are
full of fear, who will stand at their front and assure their safety,
their security. They are full of fear, they have no even a leap of
faith. They are waiting to see what is to happen next, they are
nowhere secure. They don’t trust each other, they don’t trust their
own environment, and worse enough they don’t trust their government;
they don’t trust those whom people’s security is their responsibility,
the police force. This is not good at all, this is far more ahead to
vulnerability; people are vulnerable and there is no one to ensure
their safety.
I think we have to readjust our priorities, I think we have to work on
insecurity threat. Yes we need development but I think our biggest
problem today is insecurity, we deal with that first. We have to
invest in the security of our people; we have to ensure they are safe
and that they are confident with their safety. Citizens have their
part in this, but the government is the key player here, no excuse to
this. The government must protect its people because that is the
reason number one to its existence. The reason why people are willing
to die is the lack of confidence to their government, and that is the
worst state to happen. Security cameras, street lights, police patrol,
police-citizen communication, reporting channel, emergence
infrastructure and law enforcement endowment should be priority. If
the government become serious than it is to ensure security, citizens’
confidence will top-up and we will have a secure society than it is
today. Insecurity is increasing dramatically, someone must take
decisive actions.

Says Azgard Stephen

RUN OR YOU WILL DIE – by Azgard Steven

A death is a death, whether you die or get killed. More than 85% of the world population die before 80, very few people reach 90 and very very few people cross 100. This makes the fact that more than 85% of human population is getting killed; whether by their fellow humans, predators, drivers, nature, germs; but they are killed. If there are killers to be sentenced in the International Court of Justice are bacteria, viruses, plasmodium and their cousins and uncles. Sorry this is just a mere argument, don't take it seriously.

Today the world has a population of more than seven billion people; more than 1.4 billion being Chinese, more than 1.2 billion being Indians, more than 300 million Americans (United States) and more than 150 million being Nigerians. Countries are having a battle on the earth resource to feed their population; no one is at sleep because there is no time for that.

Development is a song to every human being on earth, everyone wants development. People are electing their leaders in the name of development. If you are a politician and you don’t mention the word development in your campaigns, you will never get the chair, it doesn’t matter you are in United States or Somalia.

The world today have divided itself in three categories; the first world, the second world and the third world. The first world and third world are the most popular today due to the fall of communism. All these categories are the result of the level of development; meaning the developed are termed the first world and the underdeveloped categorized in the third world. Development creates the gap between the first and third world.

When the third world countries are pulling themselves to go to the first category, the first world countries are not asleep but keeping moving far and far more. The astonishing phenomenon is that the first world countries are faster than the third world in this race. As a result, majority third world countries end up saying, “we cannot run, we will never catch them”. This is bad for the third world because it erases all the hopes and as a result it creates such fades like corruption, poor control, insecurity, lack of confidence and homicide. Hence the race is becoming more and tenser for the third world.

Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.

Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle; when the sun comes up, you better start running!

Tanzania cannot be safe by watching Western running, it will never be safe. Tanzania should run, and run faster than the first world. Africa has a long way to go, and it must start the journey sooner because it is too late. Industrialization, globalization, civilization, urbanization, commercialization, integration and internationalization are all the tasks ahead of Tanzanian stakeholders being leaders, businessmen, citizens, officials, intellectuals, institutions, politicians and everyone in place to roll the rim. This is very important because whether we like or not, we must run or die. For us we don’t have to wait for the sun to rise, we have to run day and night. Our race is longer than theirs, our responsibilities are many than theirs.

Let everyone wherever he/she is do his/her job, let everyone do something to step somewhere along this run. We need to go somewhere, I hope we have a dream and we have a life we desire to live. We can live that life, we can realize our dream.

We can have good hospitals, good school, better roads, security cameras for security of our citizens, enough food in our stores; we can have better houses, good offices, good communication infrastructure, marine security, sustainable power supply; we can have enough water at our homes, and we can have our dream realized.

This is what we can accomplish if together we aim, mobilize, focus and act upon. We have every resource to do so. We have human resource from unskilled, semiskilled and skilled; we have land which only 39% is used and the rest unused; we have access to every technology in the world, if United Kingdom refuse to sell to us China will, if China refuse Japan will, they must sell to us and invest in our country because we are at peace with them; we have rivers to provide water to our rural and urban, Hydroelectric power and fish to our citizens; we have ocean to unite us to the world, lakes to unite us to the interior Africa; we have minerals to rise our national reserve; we have National Parks, Mountains, Valleys, Craters, forests, to attract tourists; we have colleges and universities to produce our human resources; we have everything. Hence we have every reason to join the race, we have no excuse. We make the best use of our resources, we can realize our dream. What we need is a collective effort, to mobilize our people, to employ our sons and daughters, to organize our resources, to allocate them bravely, and establish a good control system; surely we will make our dream a reality.

Ghana had a better wireless network than United States in 2007; India (partly a third world country) is good at software writing than United States, we can be better if we want to be so. Brazil was the third world country in 1990s, but she is moving to the first world with supersonic speed and no one can stop her; likewise Venezuela.

Development is a market today. A poor cannot buy a Samsung Galaxy notepad or a Dell laptop computer. Poor cannot but pizza at Shoprite, a poor cannot shop a book online. So development of a country is of interest to everyone in the world because the world is in need of market, human resource, security and integration. A poor country has limited market, limited human resource, limited or no security, and weak power to integrate. China is occupied, India is getting denser, but Africa is underdeveloped. This suggests that there is every force that pushes Africa to develop because its development is important to the international community. Everyone outside Africa wants Africa to develop, and to develop faster than a speed of light. This is an opportunity for Africa, it is an opportunity at the right time, let’s get out and start running, faster than the fastest lion. Y2K was a threat to America and Western, but it was an opportunity to India. Y2K liberated India and since then India never looked behind.

Time is up; let us get back to work. The Executive, the Legislature, the Judiciary, the local government, businesses, social communities, and citizens; let’s pull up our socks and get moving. We can do this, we can live our dream.

From: http://sirazgardsite.blogspot.com/

UWAJIBIKAJI KATIKA KUPATA HAKI - by Azgard Stephen

Ninamshukuru Mungu tena kwa kunipa nafasi hii ya kukuletea waraka ama makala hii muhimu sana katika maisha yako kwa ujumla. Nasema hivyo kwani usipotambua haki yako na wajibu ulio nao kwako mwenyewe, kwa jamii na kwa Mungu unayemtumikia; kuna mambo kadhaa yatakwenda ndivyo sivyo halafu utabaki kusema kwa nini Mungu hajibu maombi yangu, kwa nini serikali hainitendei haki, kwa nini niko hivi n.k.

UTANGULIZI

Wajibu: ni ile hali ya kuhusika na utendekaji wa jambo fulani.

Responsibility is having the duty of looking after someone, something, so that one can be blamed if things go wrong.

Haki: ni faida anazopata ama kile anchopaswa kufanyiwa ama kupata mtu

Rights are the political, sociala and other advantages to which someone has a just claim, morally or legally.

Nimetamani sana kulizungumzia jambo hili kwa sababu kuu mbili. Moja, kuna watu wanapenda sana kudai haki na wako mstari wa mbele kweli, lakini hawataki kuwajibika; yaani inapofikia wakati wa kuwajibika wao wako mstari wa nyuma. Mbili, kuna watu wanawajibika sana , lakini kwa kutokujua kuwa ipo haki kwa ajili ya uwajibikaji wao, wamepoteza haki zao. Kwa hiyo naweka somo hili ili wale wanaopenda kudai haki bila kuwajibika wabadili mtazamo, na wale ambao wanawajibika bila kudai haki zao wajue kwamba wanapaswa kudai haki zao.

Nilipofundisha somo la mafanikio nilisema kwamba, hakuna mafanikio bila mafanikio; hapa ninasema hakuna haki bila wajibu. Sina nia ya kukuweka chini ya sheria sana , ila ninataka nikupe misingi ya kuishi maisha ya uhakika na ushindi kila siku. "A responsibble man always gets succeed" Kibiblia, kila aliyewajibika alipokea.

Sasa naomba tutazame vifungu kadha wa kadha vya Biblia ili viweze kukusaidia kuelewa jambo hili kibiblia maana unaweza kusema sasa nimeanza kuzungumza siasa. Mimi sio mwanasiasa na sina mpango wa kuwa mwanasiasa; ila sio dhambi kuwa mwanasiasa.

Matendo Ya Mitume 10:1-8

Hapa tunamuona Kornelio, akida wa kikosi cha kirumi, maana yake ni kwamba hakuwa myahudi. Huyu ndugu alisikia habari za Mungu wa wayahudi, na Yesu Kristo mwana wake; akavutiwa naye. Akaanza kumtafuta kwa nguvu zote, kwa maombi na sadaka. Katika mstari wa 4, malaika akatumwa na Mungu kwa Kornelio na kumwambia,"...sala zako na sadaka zako zimefika juu na kuwa ukumbusho mbele za Mungu" Kile malaika anachosema maana yake ni kwamba, "uwajibikaji wako kwa njia ya maombi na sadaka umeonekana mbele za Bwana." Ukifanikiwa kuendelea mstari wa 9 hadi mwisho wa sura hii utaona kwamba huyu ndugu alipata wokovu (haki). Kumbuka kwamba huyu ndugu alikuwa anatoa sadaka na maombi, sasa kilichokuwa katika maombi yake ndicho Mungu alicholeta. Kumbuka sana kuwa huyu alikuwa mrumi, anamtaka Mungu wa wayahudi. Na ndio maana sehemu nyingine Biblia inasema, "...mkinitafuta kwa bidii mtaniona." Tena sehemu nyingine Yesu anasema, "...mkinitumikia (mkiwajibika), baba yangu aliye mbinguni atawaheshimu (haki)."

Yohana 1:12

"Na wote waliompokea aliwapa uwezo wa kufanyika watoto wa Mungu..."

Maana yake ni kwamba, ili kufanyika mtoto wa Mungu (kupata haki ya kuwa mwana) ni lazima kwanza kumpokea Kristo (kuwajibika). Sasa unaweza kuniuliza kwa nini ninasema kumpokea Kristo ni kuwajibika, jiulize tu kwa nini Yesu aliwaambia wanafunzi wake wabebe misalaba yao wamfuate. Kwa hiyo unapowajibika kumbeba mwana ndipo unapata neema ya kufanyika mwana wa Mungu. Sasa nizungumze kidogo juu ya mwana. Ukiwa mtoto una haki za msingi kwa baba,kule kwa wenzetu wazungu, baba asipomtimizia mtoto haki zake, serikali inaweza kumfunga jela! Kuna vitu vingine huwezi kuchukua isipokuwa wewe ni mtoto. Hata urithi anapewa mwana, hivyo hata ufalme wa Mungu huwezi kurithi, yaani huna haki ya kuurithi isipokuwa umefanyika mwana. Hivyo Biblia inaposema sisi tukimpokea Kristo tunafanyika wana wa Mungu maana yake ni kwamba tunakuwa na haki ya kwenda kwa baba kama watoto na kudai haki zetu za msingi. Lakini pia uelewe kwamba, kwa mfano; si lazima mtoto amwambie baba nataka kwenda shule, ila ni wajibu wa baba kuangalia kama umri wa mtoto kwenda shule umefika ampeleke. Na ndio maana kuna vitu vingine hatumwombi Mungu lakini unashangaa umepata! Unaweza ukajiuliza, mbona hili hata sijaomba lakini nimepokea? Ni kwa sababu wewe ni mtoto, kuna haki zako nyingine huzijui lakini Baba wa mbinguni anajua; anakufungulia 'Junior Jumbo account', bima ya afya, bima ya maisha n.k. Hiyo ni kazi ya baba. Lakini sasa sikwambii usiombe, kwani si kila wakati baba atakuletea zawadi, saa nyingine lazima "...ulete hoja zenye nguvu..." kwa baba ndipo akupe hicho unachoomba.

Isaya 38:1-8

Hapa tunaona Isaya nabii anatumwa na Mungu kumpelekea Hezekia mfalme ujumbe kwamba atengeneze mambo ya nyumba yake kwani siku zake za kufa zimefika. Hezekia akamgeukia Bwana na kuomba, angalia mstari wa tatu, "...ee Bwana, kumbuka haya nakusihi, kwamba nimekwenda mbele zako katika kweli na moyo mkamilifu, na kutenda yaliyo mema machoni pako..."

Hezekia alikuwa anamkumbusha Mungu jinsi alivyowajibika ili apewe haki ya kuendelea kuishi. Biblia inasema katika mst 5, "...mimi nimeyasikia maombi yako, nimeyaona machozi yako; tazama nimeziongeza siku zako, kiasi cha miaka kumi na mitano." naamini umeona hili, baada ya Hezekia kumkumbusha Mungu juu ya namna alivyowajibika, ndipo hapo Mungu anatoa haki ya kuishi miaka 15.

Angalia jambo hili, kinachompa muda zaidi Hezekia ni kuwajibika katika ufalme wake, lakini pia kuwajibika kumkumbusha Mungu juu ya uwajibikaji wake. Na ndio maana hapo awali nilisema, kuna watu wanawajibika sana lakini kwa kutowajibika kukumbusha ama kudai haki zao, wamezikosa.

2Nyakati1:1-13

Katika eneo hili, Sulemani anatawazwa kuwa mfalme wa Israel baada ya baba yake mzee Daudi. Biblia inasema, Sulemani akapanda hadi Gibeoni, akamtolea Mungu ...sadaka elfu za kuteketezwa juu yake. Mara usiku ule Mungu akamtokea Sulemani na kumwambia, "...omba lolote utakalo nikupe." Sulemani akaomba hekima na maarifa ili aweze kuwaongoza watu wa Mungu. Mungu akampa pamoja na mali .

Ninachotaka uone hapa ni kwamba, Sulemani alimtolea Mungu sadaka (aliwajibika) lakini hakuomba chochote sambamba na sadaka hiyo. Biblia haisemi alitoa zaka, maana zaka ni kwa ajili ya Bwana mwenyewe, huna ushirika nayo, lakini inasema alitoa sadaka. Hivyo Mungu alitegemea kusikia Sulemani anataka nini sambamba na sadaka hiyo, Sulemani akakaa kimya. Mungu akaamua kushuka na kuuliza. Ndipo Sulemani akatoa haja ya moyo wake. Lakini pia anaomba kitu ambacho ni kwa aajili ya kutimiza wajibu ule ule wa Mungu, Mungu akampa na mali . Nataka uone kwamba, uwajibikaji wa Sulemani katika kutoa sadaka ndio uliompa haki ya kupewa hekima, maarifa na mali . Si kwamba hapo awli hakuwa na hekima wala maarifa, ila hekima na maarifa aliyokuwa nayo vilikuwa vinamtosha kujiongoza mwenyewe, lakini sasa lipo kundi la Mungu kubwa; akipima kiwango cha hekima na maarifa aliyo nayo havitoshi kuongoza, hivyo alipopata hii nafasi, alipeleka hoja hiyo ya msingi kwa Bwana. Bwana akampa na mali.

Ukifuatilia kwa makini maisha ya Ibrahimu, utagundua kwamba, alipotoa Mungu alimpa, na kila Mungu alipompa alitoa. Maana yake ni kwamba, alipowajibika Mungu alimpa haki; lakini pia alipopokea haki (ambayo hakuiwajibikia) aliwajibika.

Mwanzo 18:1-15

Hapa tunaona Bwana pamoja na malaika wawili walikuwa wanapita kuelekea Sodoma na Gomora kuangamiza hii miji. Ibrahimu anawakaribisha na kuwaandalia chakula. Walipokula walimuuliza kwa habari za Sara. Wakamwambia katika mstari wa 10, "...tazama nitakurudia wakati uu huu mwakani, na Sara mkeo atapata mwana wa kiume..."

Kilichomfanya Bwana kutoa ahadi hii ni ukarimu (uwajibikaji) wa Ibrahimu. Unaweza kuniuliza, kwani si Mungu alishatoa hii ahadi miaka 19 iliyopita? Jibu ni kwamba, kwa nini asijibu miaka kumi iliyopita ajibu leo, ama kwa nini asijibu miaka kumi ijayo? Tena zaidi ya hapo Bwana akaamua kubaki na Ibrahimu na kumueleza kile alichokusudia kufanya kwa ajili ya Sodoma na Gomora, kwa nafasi hii Ibrahimu akamuokoa nduguye Lutu. Kwa ufupi, Mungu aliona uwajibikaji wa Ibrahimu (kuandaa chakula) akampa haki (mtoto pamoja na kumtoa Lutu katika Sodoma).

Warumi5:1-11

Paulo mtume anajaribu kutueleza juu ya haki kwa njia ya imani. Paulo anasema, ...tumekwisha kuhesabiwa haki kwa njia ya imani. Lakini haishii hapo, anazungumzia maana ya kifo cha Yesu msalabani. Anaeleza kuwa ni upendo wa Mungu kwetu. Lakini swali la kujiuliza ni kwamba; kwani mtu akikupenda lazima afe kwa ajili yako? Inaleta mantiki? Maana leo tunaambiana 'nakupenda'; lakini je, umeshawahi kufa kwa ajili ya unayempenda? Maana utakufa mara nyingi sana kama kila unayempenda unakufa kwanza kwa ajili yake, tena kwa mateso makali mno! Lakini sasa Paulo anasema katika mstari wa 8 na 9, "Bali Mungu aonyesha pendo lake yeye mwenyewe kwetu sisi, kwa kuwa Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yetu, tulipokuwa tungali wenye dhambi. Basi zaidi sana tukiisha kuhesabiwa haki katika damu yake, tutaokolewa na ghadhabu kwa yeye."

Tazama hiki kitu anazungumza, ...Kristo alikufa kwa ajili yetu, tulipokuwa tungali wenye dhambi... maana yake ni kwamba, hatukugharamia wokovu hata kidogo, tumepewa bure! Maana yake ni kwamba, kimsingi hatukupaswa kupewa maana hatukuwajibika hata kidogo. Lakini sasa angalia, ...zaidi sana tukiisha kuhesabiwa haki katika damu yake... Kumbe Yesu hakufa kwa sababu ya upendo tu, ila damu yake ituhesabie haki, yaani tukienda mbele za Mungu kudai haki ya wokovu, uponyaji n.k, Mungu akitazama wapi tumewajibika; damu ya Yesu inasimama na kusema, 'niliwajibika kwa ajili yao !'

Zamani za agano la kale, kila aliyesogea mbele za Bwana ilimpasa kwenda na sadaka ya kuteketezwa ili kumwaga damu. Hizo damu ziliwahesabia haki, yaani zilionesha uwajibikaji wao. Maana yake ni kwamba, kwa yule asiyekuwa na kitu cha kusogeza kwa Bwana hakuweza kuuona uso Bwana. Leo, badala ya kupokea wokovu kwa kutoa damu ya mnyama, ng'ombe, kondoo, njiwa n.k damu ya Yesu ipo! (Sikwambii usitoe sadaka.)

Kwa hiyo, damu ya Yesu inaonesha uwajibikaji wetu mbele za Bwana, na ndio maana popote pale unaweza kuutafuta uso wa Bwana, iwe chooni, barabarani, ndani ya basi, popote! Ukiutafuta tu uso wa Bwana, damu ya Yesu inajenga madhabahu mbinguni, Mungu anakusikiliza; Haleluya!!

Kwa ufupi tu kabisa niseme, Yesu aliwajibika kwa ajili yetu na ndio maana tunayo haki ya kusogea mbele za Bwana. Alipokufa msalabani alisema ...imekwisha... Tokea hapo tukawa huru kwenda kwa Bwana, saa yoyote, wakati wowote. Sasa naamini unanielewa kwamba, hatukupewa wokovu bure kama tunavyofikiri, ila Yesu alilipa!

Wagaratia 6:7

"Msidanganyike, Mungu hadhihakiwi; maana chochote apandacho mtu ndicho atakachovuna."

Kwa lugha ya hisabati (Mathematical language) hata 0 (zero) ni kitu. Maana huyu ndugu anasema ...chochote... yaani haijalishi ni nini. Kwa maana hiyo ukipanda hakuna utavuna hakuna, ama ukipanda 0 utavuna 0. Ukipanda 1 utavuna kadhaa (maana ukipanda tunategemea ulichopanda kizae zaidi ya ile mbegu. Lakini sufuri haizai).

Lakini ninachotaka tu uone hapa ni 'logic' iliyopo katika hii sentensi, "ukipanda...utavuna..." kwa maneno mengine, "usipopanda...huvuni..." Kwa lugha ngumu kidogo hapa Paulo anasema, 'Ukiwajibika...utapata haki" Fikiri kwa habari ya mkulima aliyepanda mbegu halafu akakosa mavuno, utaona jinsi anavyolalamika. Kitu anacholalamikia ni 'haki yake', maana amewajibika lakini hakupokea haki! Lakini pia ukimsikia mtu aliyepanda gunia moja la mahindi na kuvuna gunia moja akilalamika unaweza ukamshangaa, pengine na kumuuliza kwamba, unacholalamika ni nini wakati umevuna ulichopanda; lakini nikueleze kwamba huyu mkulima hakuvuna, mavuno ni kile unachopata nje ya mbegu, asikiaye na afahamu!

Naamini mifano hiyo inaweza kukuonesha uhusiano uliopo kati ya haki na wajibu. ipo mifano mingi sana katika Biblia inayozungumzia jambo hili, ikipata muda mwenyewe kasome habari za Hana, Esta, Daniel n.k. Nia yangu ni kukuonesha jinsi gani Biblia inautazama uwajibikaji wako.

Saa nyingine unaweza kujiuliza kwa nini Mungu hajibu maombi yako, lakini angalia kwanza, je umewajibikaje katika nafasi uliyopewa? Maana Biblia inasema sisi ni viungo vya Kristo, yaani kuna wengine ni macho, wengine ni masikio, wengine ni miguu, wengine ni meno, ulimi n.k. Sasa hakuna kiungo kisicho na kazi. Hivyo wewe kama kiungo cha Kristo timiza wajibu wako, kama ni mguu tembea, kama ni jicho ona, kama ni sikio sikia, kama ni jino tafuna, kama ni ulimi onja! Sasa wewe hujatimiza wajibu, yaani hujafanya kazi halafu unataka ule, kwa namna gani? Unapowajibika ndipo umuhimu wako unatambulika. Kuna msemo wa kiswahili unaosema, "Ng'ombe haoni umuhimu wa mkia wake mpaka siku umekatika."

Kwa kweli Mungu anapotuangalia saa nyingine anasikitika, maana wengine tumeokoka halafu eti tunasubiri kwenda mbinguni, hatufanyi kazi yoyote, tukidai eti hizo ni kazi za wachungaji, wainjilisti, akina Azgard, n.k. Sawa, lakini saa yaja ambapo, labda heshima yako imeshuka katika jamii, hata pale darasani unaposoma ukisimama na kuwaambia waache kelele ndio kwanza wanazidisha kelele; halafu unamrudia Mungu na kudai heshima, eti Mungu naomba uniheshimu mwenyewe. Mungu atajibu hayo maombi ipasavyo, "hizo heshima ni za wachungaji, wainjilisti, akina Azgard..." Ukiuliza kwa nini? Atakujibu, "Kwa sababu, ukinitumikia, Baba yangu aliye mbinguni atakuheshimu." Sasa wewe hujatumika halafu unataka heshima; ipi?

Nikuhamasishe tu kwamba, kila mmoja anayo karama aliyopewa na Mungu, tena Biblia inaiita kito cha thamani, maana yake ukiitumia katika kumtumikia utakula matunda yake. Hivyo kama unakaa ukisubiri kwenda mbinguni, hata kufagia ukumbi wa kanisa huwezi; kaa subiri, lakini mbinguni sio Marekani! Kazi ya karama ni kulijenga kanisa duniani, sio mbinguni!

Mimi siamini kwamba huna kitu cha kufanya kwa Bwana; unacho, hujajua tu unatakiwa kufanya nini. Nikushauri kwamba tafuta Mungu ameweka nini ndani yako halafu fanyia kazi uone kama Bwana hajaonekana kwako. Tatizo ni kwamba tumekuwa wavivu mpaka wa kutafuta vipawa ambavyo Mungu ameweka ndani yetu, hiyo ni hatari. wala huhitaji kwenda kwa nabii akuambie Mungu ameweka nini ndani yako, ila kaa na Bwana, muulize Bwana, halafu jaribu kila ambacho unajisikia kufanya kwa ajili ya Bwana. Kuna eneo utafika kila unachofanya unafanikiwa, kazi yako inakubalika; yaani unaona matunda ya ulichofanya. Ng'ang'ania hapo, muombe Mungu akuwezeshe. Utaanza kuona ufanisi ambao hujauona mwanzo.

Nikuulize, kama hujui kazi uliyoitiwa, ni lini hata ulikaa saa moja kuombea watumishi, uchumi wa nchi, viongozi wa nchi, nchi nyingine, jamaa yako? Maana tunafikiri kumtumikia Mungu ni kuhubiri tu, hata kuomba ni utumishi.

Mwaka fulani nilipanga kuomba kwa ajili ya nchi zaidi ya 100 duniani, yaani, kwa baadhi ya siku za mwaka nichukue kama nusu saa hivi kila siku kuombea nchi moja. Ule mwaka uliisha sikufikia hata nchi 50. Nikamuuliza Mungu kwa nini nilipanga jambo hili jema kabisa na nikashindwa kulitimiza? Roho Mtakatifu akanijibu, "hata huo ni utumishi." Maana yake, kama hujaitwa katika hilo eneo ni vigumu sana kutekeleza, maana hiyo ni taasisi iliyokamilika, ina watendaji katika ulimwengu wa roho, ina jeshi n.k. Ninachotaka uelewe ni kwamba, kama huoni cha kufanya, kwa nini usijaribu na jambo hili? Unaweza ukakaa kwenye hiyo Wizara ya maombi ukajikuta wewe ndio mwamuzi wa mambo yote yanayofanyika Tanzania , ama Afrika Mashariki, Ama Afrika."

Siku moja nikiwa njiani kutoka Dar, maeneo ya Korogwe, Roho mtakatifu akapitisha picha ya ajali mbele yetu, kama mita 200 hivi. nikampa taarifa mwenzangu niliyekuwa naye aombe. Kweli sekunde kadhaa baadaye, tukakuta basi limepinduka eneo lile lile Roho Mtakatifu alilonionesha. Sasa nikamuuliza Roho Mtakatifu ana maana gani kunionesha ajali ile ilyokwishatokea, kwa nini asinioneshe kabla haijatokea; akaniambia, "kuna mtu alipaswa kuomba kuzuia ajali hii, hakuomba." Nilijiuliza njia nzima sasa Roho Mtakatifu ananieleza hilo mimi nifanye nini, je niombe? Lakini niombee nini? Baadaye Roho Mtakatifu akanisaidia kwa kuniuliza, je wewe si mwalimu? Nikamjibu; akaniambia, unauliza nini, ina maana umesahau wajibu wako? Nikaelewa maana yake nini, nikakaa kimya.

Nia ya kukupa mifano hii ni kutaka tu uelewe kwamba kuna wizara nyingi sana katika kanisa la Kristo zinahitaji watu (maana yake kuna employment opportunities), halafu upo na unadai eti huna cha kufanya unasubiri kwenda mbinguni, pole!

Paulo anasema, mtenda kazi astahiri ujira wake. Mimi nakwambia ukiwajibika, kuna mambo mengine hutamwomba Mungu kama mtoto wake, ila kama mtenda kazi. Sasa kawaulize wafanya kazi ikifika mwisho wa mwezi wakidai mishahara yao wakanyimwa huwa wanafanya nini. Kwa hiyo kuna maeneo mengine na wakati mwingine utamwendea Mungu na kumwambia kumbuka kazi niliyofanya, nakwambia Mungu atajibu hayo maombi mara moja.

Kuna wakati fulani nikiwa Tanga, nilikuwa nina maombi ya watu kiasi kwamba nakosa muda wa kuombea mambo yangu binafsi. Yaani, ukifika muda wa maombi, naomba kwa ajili ya mahitaji ya watu, na kwa jinsi yalivyo mengi nikifikia wakati wa kuombea yangu najikuta naparazaparaza tu na kuondoka. Ikafika wakati nikamwambia Mungu, kuna vitu vyangu sitakuwa naombea; kwa mfano, kuombea chakula, safari zangu n.k. Nikamwambia Mungu kwa wakati nilionao sina muda wa kuombea hivyo vitu, hivyo nikila wewe takasa hicho chakula, nikisafiri tangulia hiyo safari! Kweli Mungu alikuwa mwaminifu kwani alifanya hivyo, kuna wakati nikianza tu kula anasisitiza, usile hicho chakula kitakuumiza, tafuta kingine. Wakati mwingine napanga safari, ghafla anasema usiende hiyo safari. Kumbuka kwamba nikipanga safari ama nikila hata siombi, lakini anasimamia yote. Lakini kitu gani anatazama hapa? Uwajibikaji wangu katika hilo eneo. Sasa usije ukajaribu ukifikiri ni rahisi, hayo yalikuwa makubaliano yangu na Mungu. Kitu ninachotaka uone hapa ni jinsi gani unaweza kusimama mbele za Mungu. Unaweza kusimama kama mwana, ukapata haki za kuwa mwana, lakini pia ukaenda kama mtenda kazi pamoja na Kristo, ukapata ujira. Jina la Mungu libarikiwe!

Wakati fulani nikiwa Tanga Tec nilikuwa na huduma katika shule fulani, na niliahidi kwenda. Siku ile imefika na saa ya kwenda imefika; ghafla, ndani nikasikia wito wa kutokwenda! Haikuwa rahisi kukubali, nikabishana na Roho Mtakatifu kwa kumueleza umuhimu wangu kwenda huko, lakini akaniambia; kwani si uliniambia nisimamie safari zako? Ikabidi nikubaliane naye, nikaahirisha. Baadaye nikapigiwa simu na wale wapendwa kwamba siku hiyo kipindi cha dini kiliingiliwa na ratiba za shule, hivyo hakikuwepo! Ndipo nikaelewa kwa nini Roho Mtakatifu alinizuia kwenda.

Hivyo utumishi ama kutumika kwako ama kutimiza wajibu wako ni muhimu sana katika kupokea haki zako kutoka kwa Mungu. Unaweza Ukasema, nitasimama kama tu mwana na nitapewa hivyo vya kuwa mwana. Lakini nikukumbushe kwamba, mtoto anayejituma sana nyumbani, kwa siku za leo; ndiye baba anamfikiria sana na kumshirikisha katika mambo mengi, na saa nyingine kumuachia urithi pamoja na kwamba mzaliwa wa kwanza yupo. Mara nyingi utamkuta baba yupo naye, akimwelekeza mambo mbalimbali, saa nyingine hata kumuomba ushauri. Sasa wewe kaa kama mtoto goi goi uone, utakuwa mzigo kwa mama yako! (Mwana mwenye hekima ni furaha kwa babaye, lakini mwana mpumbavu ni mzigo kwa mamaye)

Naomba niishie hapa kwa leo, lakini najua utakuwa na maswali; kwa mfano, wewe hujawajibika, na uko katika hali ngumu na unataka Mungu ajibu maombi, akusaidie; ufanyeje? Nitakuletea mfululizo wa pili wenye kicha cha habari TOFAUTI KATI YA NEEMA NA HAKI. Pia katika somo ama mfululizo huo nitakueleza jinsi imani inavyoweza kusimama sehemu ya wajibu, yaani kuvuta haki yako kutoka kwa Mungu kwa kutumia Imani. Pia kama una jambo unataka kuombewa unaweza kututumia kwa e-mail hii, partnersprayer@yahoo.com Wapo watumishi wa Mungu waliopakwa mafuta kuchukua mizigo ya wengine kwa kuwaombea.

Mungu ninayemtumikia akutie nguvu katika hayo yote, zaidi sana kuelewa makusudi yake kwako.

Ni mimi mtumishi wako;

Ev. Azgard S. Chamulungwana

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