By: Qeko
The recent political events in Malawi have forced me to seriously look into the question of the unstoppable power that flows in peoples’ destiny. Each one of us has got specific destiny that God has prepared and everything in our life works toward the realization thereof. Nothing just happens but that all events that occur enhance the realization of our destiny. In this regard, we have put down brief summaries of the five leaders in Malawi in relation to God and the power of destiny. My main argument is that the power of destiny is unstoppable and that no one and no system can stop it.
Dr. Kamuzu Banda
Dr. Kamuzu Banda remains that Father and founder of the Malawi nation. In the life of the late Kamuzu Banda, we still see the power that destiny releases in peoples lives. We are all aware that the Pre-1958 Malawi Kamuzu was not in the country as he was in Britain then Ghana practicing medicine. As the wind of political change blew across Africa then, the power of destiny caused the young politicians in Malawi led by the likes of Chipembere, Orton Chirwa, Dunduzi Chisiza, to call for Dr. Banda to come back home and lead in the African struggle against the British colonialism. The power in Kamuzu’s destiny caused a lot of shifting in then Nyasaland in that the like of Chipembere and entire Nyasaland African Congress had to request Kamuzu to come back home and lead them. Dr. Banda did not come to Malawi on his own but that he was invited. Destiny caused many changes in the lives of Malawi politics in that the ground was ripe for Dr. Banda to come and lead the nation in the struggle against colonialism. So the nation of Malawi had Banda because he was destined by God to lead the nation. Having said this, I want to mention that everything that Dr. Kamuzu Banda went through from the Livingstonia examination saga, South Africa, USA then UK and finally Ghana were working toward the realization of his destiny which came to pass as he become the first President of the country.
Dr. Bakili Muluzi
In the life of Dr. Muluzi, we see a very clear line that shows that Destiny can not be changed. What God has designed is what comes to pass in peoples lives. When the wind of political change was blowing across Malawi in 1990-92, the name Muluzi never existed and nobody knew that there will be a man called Muluzi one day to rule Malawi. Even Muluzi himself by 1990 never new that he was to rule the country. The names people were familiar with include Chakufwa Chihana, Kamlepo Kalua and Unandi Banda plus others who were fighting Kamuzu from the diaspora. However as the political wind continued to unfold, the power of destiny began to pulls strings together and new names came on the political scene and this included that of Muluzi, Aleke Banda, Edward Bwanali and others. But we later saw Muluzi becoming the leader of UDF pressure group and later a political party. This time Chihana was in jail because the MCP government arrested him for treason. While Chihana was in jail Muluzi gained support of the people and eventually he won the 1994’s first ever democratic Presidential elections. The argument is that if Chihana was never arrested by the MCP government and left free, he could then have been the most powerful and popular politicians and may be he could have won the election. But since destiny never allowed Chihana to be the president of the country, his arrest paved way for what God designed, that Muluzi rule Malawi and this is exactly what happened that Malawi had Muluzi for ten year as the President. Now the hand of God behind Muluzi presidency was another sign to show that destiny is unstoppable.
Dr. Chakufwa Chihana
A critical look into the life of the late Chakufwa Chihana one sees a life of a man who all expected to the next President of Malawi after Banda. Even in his heart, Chihana could see it that he was the one to take over from Banda. This was due to his huge sacrifice of openly defying Dr. Banda on the 6th April 1992. This was a courageous man and he had the indescribable courage that no Malawian has ever seen because in those days no one would go against Dr Kamuzu Banda and still live. However in as much as Chihana was instrument and the father of Malawi democracy, he never became the President of the country because destiny never allowed it for him. According to destiny, Chakufwa Chihana’s mission was just to lead the way for the liberation of the country. His arrest while all the other political players were busy campaigning was a clear writing on his political wall that the Presidency (as of being head of state) was not meant for him. So Chakufwa Chihana’s account shows that in this life, some people are there to just pave way for others to fulfill God’s agenda for the nation.
Prof. Bingu wa Muthalika
When you critically look into the life of the late Bingu wa Muthalika what we see is that this man was destined to rule Malawi and that all what happened in Malawi from the coming of Chihana and then Muluzi were all preparing for the coming of this man Bingu wa Muthalika. A look at how he was chosen to be the UDF candidate during the 2004 election shows that destiny was behind every little move that Muluzi made. The power of destiny caused Muluzi to appoint Bingu wa Muthalika leaving all the potential UDF gࡵrus. It was God at work for the nation through Muluzi because it was all about destiny of the nation. In as much as ignorantly 聭ay think that he is he one who chose Bingu, the truth of the matter is that it ⁷as all about de聳tiny and God out of all Malawians, used Muluzi to cause Bingu’s destiny to come to pass.
What Muluzi did to work so hard symbolizes the power of the unstoppable destiny that normally causes shiftings everything to that destiny comes to pass in somebody’s life. So the life of the late Bingu wa Muthalika shows that destiny can not be stopped and that it will ways be realized and come to pass.
Her Excellency Mrs. Joyce Banda
Having looked into Dr Kamuzu Banda, Bakili Muluzi and Bingu wa Muthalika, the story of Malawi current President, Her Excellency Joyce Banda in relation to how she ascended to the highest office of the land could be best described as “the power of destiny at work”. Many Malawians did not imagine a situation which happened weeks ago that led to Her Excellency into becoming our President and the Head of State. Even the late President when he was choosing her as his running mate in 2004, he did not imagine a situation like the one we are in today as a nation with the first ever female President in SADC and Malawi. The late President like everybody else thought he was to finish up his second term and have all plans effectively carried out. However this thing called the unstoppable destiny had a different plan all together. The bible says that we can make up plans for our lives but God has the final say on each one of them. Only God takes absolute control of them all.
Now we need to know that what happened weeks ago were the results of the power that flew from Her Excellency Joyce Banda’s destiny. Her destiny is unstoppable and a hot one. As human beings could not see her becoming the State President of Malawi by Mid April 2012 because we were all busy waiting for the 2014 elections to bring some solutions to the country’s problems. Now while our eyes were focused on the 2014 elections, God in his mysteriousness had a different plan for the nation in that he prepared the destiny of Her Excellency Mr. Joyce Banda that she rules now and not wait for the 2014 elections. That is how deadly some peoples’ destiny could be hence we are always advised not to play games with peoples lives because we have no idea what they shall one day become.
Lessons for the Malawi situation
In conclusion we want to mention that the political events that took place in our country did not just happen but that God allowed it so that we may learn some lessons and properly. In life nothing happened outside the plan of God and in every thing God is in control. So we need to look at what we went through as a nation with the eye of the Spirit bearing in mind that this was all God speaking to the nation of Malawi. God speaks through many different ways and this time in Malawi he decided to speak to His people (Malawi) through the events that we witnessed the past weeks. Having said this, we want to send a word of warning to many of us that we watch out how we treat people around us because we do not know the plan that God has designed for their destiny. As has been the case in Malawi, the lesson is that we be very much careful and treat everyone with dignity and respect bearing in mind that in life anything can happen anytime and any how that those we mistreat today could rule and become our bosses before our very eyes. Its not only in politics but also in offices where likewise we need to treat everyone with respect due to them those we mistreat today could become our bosses tomorrow since we all do not know what God has prepared for each one of us.
