THE REVEREND Philip Robinson, president of the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC), has challenged Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to live up to her public acknowledgement of the sovereignty of God and the claim of God on her life.Rev. Robinson, in a letter to the Editor, also urged Jamaicans not to prematurely criticise the Prime Minister over her claims. "Hers is the challenge to live up to that claim," he said. The JCC president argued that Mrs. Simpson Miller should only be criticised if "we have proof, real proof, that she is insincere.
"If she should depart from that path by doing something that is not in keeping with what she professes, then she may, justifiably, be challenged," Rev. Robinson said.
A WARNING
But, he also had a warning: "To those who find it convenient to compartmentalise their own lives into secular and sacred to suit their own agenda, let it be known that God is the God of all Jamaica, and is concerned about the welfare of our people."
He cautioned against merely paying lip service to God lest "we remain the morass of despair in which we find ourselves, despite all the good things that are taking place here."
Rev. Robinson's letter which was titled "Choose this day whom you will serve" noted that the Prime Minister's claim, apart from drawing speculation and even derision, had also "drawn comment from practically every sector of society and in the process the pursuance of not so subtle political agenda has been noticeable".
Rev. Robinson also criticised those who he said were critical of the Church whenever it has called for a return to God and to the values and attitudes that this entails (the return to moral uprightness, the demonstration of genuine love and respect for one another and the eschewing of anything that smacks of corruption and injustice).
