May 20th, 1971,
Marvin Gaye through Motown released one of the most important, passionate
record to come out out of soul music; which is called “What's Going On?”. To this very day
the lyrics of that song is just as relevant or maybe even more relevant.
Every week one can look in
the obituary sections of our daily papers or listen to the News via radio or
television and the sobering / reality question would be “What's Going On?” We're too small of a
nation to be experiencing the kinds of drama that we're seeing today. I truly
believe that if we (Bahamians) don't put petty politics and religion aside; and
come together as one people unto God (Yahweh) there would be much more weeping
and gnashing of teeth through the length and breath of this beautiful Bahamas.
Think about this! How far
advanced in technology, industrial development, agriculture, medicine, etc; we
could have been as a nation, if we were more focused on love and building one
another rather than tearing down each other?
Mr. Prime Minister and Mr.
Leader of the Opposition this foolishness has to stop. The political football
game that you (men) are playing with this
nation must stop immediately; for our children's children future is at stake.
Therefore I will never be silent until this nation turns around and head in its
God ordained direction. We've allowed the enemy to sow seeds of division within
this nation which is rapidly producing divisive / destructive fruits in every
sector of our society. This division is so bad in that Bahamians are always in
the divided political mode; everything that many of them do see in this
country, is ignorantly seen through the eyes of politics.
Meanwhile the family and
family values are methodically being disintegrated as laws are being enacted by
educated, Spiritually blind dummies of limited understandings. The concept of
being our brother's keeper and loving our neighbors as ourselves seems to be a
thing of the past in the Bahamas. Churches no longer preach and teach this
aspect of kingdom living; every now and then a remark of loving one another may
be made from today's pulpits by religious leaders en-route to a prosperity
centered message.
Is anybody taking note or
does anybody care of the fact that our streets and communities are becoming
like Iraq and Afghanistan?
How could we accept with
such nonchalant spirit, the news of someone being gunned down in our
neighborhoods and treat as just another event? How many more mothers and wives
have to bury their son, husbands and fathers before this nation unites and say “enough is
enough?”
Listen to how Marvin Gaye
puts it in this song, and see if there is any resemblance of what we're facing
today:
Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today
Every stanza of this song
ends with “You
know we've got to find a way, to bring some lovin here today”
As a religious nation that's
faced with a barrage problems due to our lack of true love for one another;
here's the only way in which we can bring about true love today. Watch this! 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.
This word WAY in the Greek
is: hodos,
hod-os' which literally means (1) a road, (2) an act, and (3) a mode or
means of journeying.
Again, one need not be a
rocket scientist or a college graduate to determine that as a nation we're
heading in the wrong direction / way. Being the religious nation that we are,
I'm fully aware that you've well acquainted with the scripture; Prov.14: 12. There
is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death.
This word WAY in the Hebrew
is: derek,
deh'-rek; which also has several meanings as follows: (1) a road, (2) a
course of life or mode of action, and (3) a conversation or custom.
Bahamas, it's time for us to
stop playing politics and playing church. By now it should be quite evident to
all that politics and religion has gotten us nowhere as a nation. Both of these
systems are designed to profit its leaders at the expense of it's followers.
At the end of the day it is
always the politically / religious minded grassroots that are left out in the
cold crying and demonstrating about the fruits which was produced by the roots
of their passion (Politics & Religion).
Here's the last two stanzas
of the song “What's
Going On?” as everybody is crying out and demonstrating either against
their Unions, the Government, Insurance company or some kind of Religion.
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me, so you can see
Oh, what's going on
Fathers, fathers, everybody thinks we're wrong
Oh, but who are they to judge us
Simply because our hair is long
Oh, you know we've got to find a way
To bring some understanding here today
What's going on in our
country? Here's the answer! We're in desperate need of a Spiritual check-up,
from our neck-up; that's both religiously and politically.
For questions or comments
contact us via E-mail:pastormallen@yahoo.com
or Ph.1-242-441-2021
May 20th, 1971,
Marvin Gaye through Motown released one of the most important, passionate
record to come out out of soul music; which is called “What's Going On?”. To this very day
the lyrics of that song is just as relevant or maybe even more relevant. 
