‘remain humble’

PRIME Minister of Barbados, the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, is being urged to look to God for guidance, and remain humble, as she takes over the leadership of the nation.

This advice came from Rector of the St. George Parish Church, the Reverend John Rogers, as he delivered yesterday’s sermon, which was celebrated as Trinity Sunday in the church. He commended Prime Minister Mottley for making history in becoming the first female Prime Minister of the land.

“I wish to commend her as the first female Prime Minister of Barbados, and the new leader of Barbados with such a large mandate. We are human and all of us are prone to the vagaries of human existence, and it will be important to maintain the humility with which she conducted the campaign, in which she promised the people that they will conduct their affairs.

“Now, you are dealing with human agents and they will not get everything right, but I appeal to the public to give our Government the chance to do their work so that they may carry out God’s work in this part of the vineyard,” he said.

Father Rogers said Barbados has for many years benefited from the fact that there has always been a peaceful transition of power, something which does not happen in other places.

“This is something that we must never lose sight of and never lose hold of. The Lord has been the people’s guide and we will continue to conduct our affairs in peace and when it is necessary to make changes we will make to maintain civility in the society,” he said.

The Reverend said while yesterday was observed as Trinity Sunday, it was coincidental that there is a change in governance, since the vision of Isaiah in the temple was a time of political change in Israel.

“One of the things we noticed about that period is that Isaiah was pushing them not to focus so much on the civil or political solutions, but to focus on God. So it is in that era that we get what is known as the Emmanuel prophecy from Isaiah Chapter 7 and Verse 14…

“It is really a message for us in this time, as we face a transition in government to, as a Church, pray for our leaders. And as Christians, we must continue to offer the guidance necessary so that all things will be premised upon the work of the Holy Trinity,” he said.

Father Rogers noted that the message of the Holy Trinity transcends the time and speaks to us in our time about how we are to rely upon God for guidance. He said the economic situation which Barbadians are hoping to be simply solved by human elements, can only be solved by God since they were caused by greed and hatred. (AH)