By Margaret Kamba
There was definitely no disappointment when Harare Metropolitan Province, Johane the 5th of Africa International Church members met with their Archbishop Dr Andby Makururu at Bethlehem on Sunday.
The excitement was rife on their faces as they soaked themselves in the presence of their Superior and Commander, as they popularly refer to him.
The huge crowds were sure that this God-sent Man of God had come to put an end to troubles bedevilling their lives.
Their faith as enunciated in the Biblical book of Mark witnessed among them the crippled, pregnant, job-seeking amongst others doing exactly what the Archbishop asked them to do.
There's something to do with playing with anyone's psychology here. It is not only one's faith that simply saves them from their troubles but the fact that there is an anointing upon this man that no human mind can understand.
The way the man operates is simply extraordinary. He is not only a teacher, seer but a healer and very humble about it too.
His congregates are also not deterred by anyone to approach him so they put a stop to that which gives them sleepless night.
What is unique about this man? He is an outright patriot. A man who will not fear being deserted for choosing to love his country.
He is a man who will outrightly tell his congregates that the opposition parties must go and hang.
He is a man who will not fear telling people straight to their faces the truth, be it something to do with their wayward behaviour and whatever else.
He will pray for peace for the region and preach unity amongst the people of Africa in order to achieve their full potential economically and whatever other means.
Now know the West and its allies, these are things they don't like. They will put any means in motion to disrupt any eye-opening initiatives to empower the indigenes of any nation.
I am quite sure that this man too has been a target of such schemes in order to derail the inevitable development destined for Zimbabwe and Africa.
He is unlike the Evan Mawarires or Dr Stephen Magombeyi who are comfortable with earning a few pieces of silver at the expense of not only their identity but their kindred.
Choosing to stand with your own people is a sacrifice which is a privilege for a few. It is a privilege of only the chosen ones who have determined in their hearts and minds to be servant leaders.
This is why even His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa recently called upon fellow Politburo members to continually refer to the principles that govern and guide them.
ZANU PF is premised on the people of Zimbabwe and their wellbeing. It will go to whatever lengths to see the lives of the ordinary people uplifted.
This constant reminder to each person can therefore be viewed as a necessary weapon to achieve an upper middle income society by 2030.
The policies among them engagement and re-engagement, Zimbabwe is Open for Business, nyika inovakwa nevene vayo among others are moulding the country towards a society that each of us has not yet seen or envisaged.
What part have you resorted to playing towards this upper middle income economy? With your hard, honest work in mining, tourism, agriculture, textiles industry, infrastructure development and banking, just to mention a few, we can achieve anything.