Jul 18, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column

(Kaieteur News) – ‘Fearing no one but god.’ The words are a crescendo that crashes on the ear. Suddenly, it’s crowded. The space occupied. Lonely, it was. I welcome WIN’s Mr. Azruddin Mohamed. There are no losers when a man is of God. Only God Almighty feared. Fear is healthy. It spiritualises also. Do thy damnedest. I shall persevere, prevail. It’s why I recommend the same to Pres Ali and Dr. Jagdeo, dear friends. In secular papers, the preference is not to go too deep into this business about being God fearing. But it aids in self-examination. Helps with self-adjustment. Out of regard for the presidency, I erased using self-correction. Self-adjustment will do.

It seems that WIN’s Mohamed has crossed that Rubicon. A proud citizen, who entered God fearing territory. Congratulations extended to another brother. Welcome, also. Now for a dash of the sobering, a cautionary note. Only a dash, like sprinklings of black pepper. To fellow citizens, Christians or otherwise: behold those who quote scripture. And, who does so for his or her own purposes. I have a special fondness for men and women of God. But I must be clear. Not the money god. Nor the oil god. Definitely, not the god of darkness and variegated debaucheries. It is why I am so dazzled by that god fearing brother, Pres Ali. He’s forever in some house of worship, isn’t he? The spirit has taken over him. The only questions are: which one and of what kind. The same two questions apply to some government ministers and members of the opposition. The same inquiries have even more relevance, more weight and more bearing, to many ministers of religion. Pick a denomination. Then pick any of their prophets who double as a performer.