The crime epidemic in the country for the new year of 2024 which saw eight homicides in seven days has left us disgusted, angry and sad.
In response, Prime Minister Philip Davis has suggested a day of prayer for this “horrifyingly new level of brutality and barbarity.” He believes praying will bring “healing and comfort.”
But we don’t need “healing and comfort” any more than we need action and safety.
Prayer is equivalent to inaction.
We’ve prayed enough times. It’s now time to act.
When Moses was before the Red Sea as Pharaoh’s army made its advances at the children of Israel, Moses was “sore afraid” and cried out to the Lord. But the Lord tells him, “Stop praying. Go forward and do what I have instructed you to do.”
Most times, prayer is used as a delay tactic and we substitute prayer for action.
God won’t fix crime.
The government must strengthen and enforce the laws. The full weight of the law should fall on anyone who kills another person.
Our frail systems of justice and governance have churned out hardened criminals with only a spank on the wrist after they have committed numerous murders and other crimes. Murderers are given bail with an ineffective electronic monitoring system, which they take advantage of to cause further mayhem in our society.
In cases like this, we know what to do. The government simply refuses to act.
God has shown us the loopholes in the justice system.
Davis and his administration must now close these loopholes and put teeth in the law.
We can’t tolerate it anymore. It must end.
Like God to Moses, we tell Davis, “Stop praying and do something about it.”
