I AM NOT A LAWYER

HAPPY EASTER: Injustice is as old as the world. I am not a Lawyer, but I don't need the services of a Lawyer to know what is just and right. I am also not a religious bigot. I attended the courtroom for the first time this week, where Pilate, the Rome-appointed Judge, presided over a high-profile sedition case brought against Christ.

I came out of the court more confused, angry, and agitated. Pilate’s judgment was an unprecedented embarrassment to the rule of Law, a disgrace to common sense. Every injustice leads to an undeserved outcome. Don’t be surprised if you encounter one in your life journey. What am I even saying? You may have experienced a case like this before sef.

We have heard of how people had been unjustly imprisoned for life or even killed for a crime, only to discover later that they were innocent.

The dictionary says that “oppression” is the act of subjecting someone to cruel and unjust hardships. I doubt if anyone reading this article has never been unjustly accused or even punished for something they didn't do. Did you just sit back idly and let bad stuff happen to you for free? You will scream out angrily and throw a challenge. Isn’t it?

Let’s go deeper into this topic of injustice! I was shocked listening to the judgment being delivered by Pilate in the middle of the night. He read from a prepared script, saying - "Take ye him and kill him: for I find no fault in him”. My Lord, you just said that the accused is innocent?

Which court ever sits in the middle of the night to hear a high-profile sedition case against a high-profile figure? A kangaroo court, of course. If you happen to be in the courtroom, and Christ is your senior brother, being pronounced innocent, but is to die for being innocent. What would you do? You will scream. Social media will explode - “Whis kin court be this?”

People with unjust minds don’t care about the consequences of an injustice that contradicts their beliefs. Once their mind is made up about you on what they want to hear, see,  or do, just go and sleep, there's nothing more you can do to change their mindset. Only a divine interruption can rescue you from being “Pilated” if you fall into the hands of men.

Happy Easter

Any interruption thinkable is always a deliberate process. It is the temporary stoppage or hindrance of something's flow. Life is filled with interruptions, inconveniences, frustrations, and unexpected detours we can’t avoid. 

Though no one likes to be interrupted, they are a part of our everyday life. We are interrupted by predators, oppressors, haters, and stalkers to cause a change in our thinking and approach. 

Sometimes, we are left alone to drown to our lowest ebb before being able to pick ourselves back up. Some people will never learn lessons until they hit down below, with interruption creating enough time for them to rise all the way up! Be ready to use such experience to learn and become better. 

It is because of “interrupt” that we have what is today called “EASTER”.  It’s inevitable.It’s all worth it. Make it count. Make it yours! An interruption occurs to experience divine purposes. Students write exams under strict instruction: “No Interruption” to allow the natural flow of their thinking alone.

Interrupts are optimised to bend our thinking until our thinking sounds right for our purpose in life. In reality, it’s very hard to experience major events that will dramatically cause you to change course, except by interruptions.

You will not be tasked to build an ark as Noah did. You will not be asked to take your only son to any mountaintop for sacrifice like Isaac. And there are no more Sharks in the Ocean, ready to swallow you safely for 3 days and still survive like Jonah! Aren’t you fortunate to live in this age?

Interruptions act as the GRACE that forces us to ask ourselves the honest questions about our life experiences. Surprises are defined as unexpected gifts not previously imagined. It’s in those little x little interruptions, here and there, that we are given opportunities to grow, rely and trust in the unseen power that controls life.