Reasons for the Existence of Known Professions of our world and that of the Practicing Professionals

Reasons for the Existence of Known Professions of our world and that of the Practicing Professionals

All known professions of our world are in existence to fulfill specific visions and professional mandates to make life better for the teaming population of our world. For a better understanding, let us consider some of these known and notable professions one after the other.

1.     Farming or Agricultural profession. Farming or agricultural profession which happens to be the first profession and endowed humanity by the Almighty God. The agricultural profession came into existence to fulfill the vision of God for food, sufficiency in all nations of the world, while the professionals practisioners called farmers or agriculturalists have the professional mandate to preserve nature, till the earth or cultivate the land; make preparations for an increase yield of the earth to ensure food sufficiency and security in our world.

2.     Medical profession. Medical profession came into existence to ensure that the precious life granted Humanity by God is not ridiculed in any way or wasted nor cut short. The sanctity of life and sacredness of such life is the concern of medical profession; while medical practioners have the mandate to safeguard and preserve the God-given life, they seek to find cure to sicknesses and diseases that threatens to end such life. They also enjoy the professional mandate to resuscitate life that is about going out of mankind.

3.     Clerical or Priestly profession. In all known religions of our world, there is a special positions for their priests, imam, rabbi and clergies. Most of these known religions in our world are in existence to ensure that there is a close relationship with the Almighty God their Creator, deities and all mankind. These professional priests, imams, rabbi and clergies enjoy their mandates to direct all people to God, deities and supreme beings who have power to rule and reign in the affairs of mankind. These professionals also have the mandate to offer and conduct religious services to people of their faith and religions with the intention of obtaining favour for their faithful from God and other deities.

4.     Engineering profession. The engineering profession is in existence to ensure the provision of engineering services in all sectors of the economy and facets of life. Professional engineers enjoy the professional mandate of providing solution based approach to all engineering problems that contend with mankind. They also enjoy professional mandate to design, and re-design engineering tools and projects for the advancement of engineering profession.

5.     Chaplaincy profession. Chaplaincy profession came into existence to showcase the love of God to humanity regardless of status, gender, religion, colour, tribe and sexual orientation. The chaplaincy professional practioners have the professional mandate to be concerned with the provision of equitable justice, equal opportunities for all, and having concern for the vulnerable groups in various societies of our world to ensure productivity of all people.

Practicing professional chaplains have the mandate to stand against all evils that may want to truncate the life granted people by God. They enjoy the professional mandate of providing spiritual, emotional, psychological, and physical and environment care to people who are bewildered with one problem or the other.

They have the mandate to provide the needed solution based approach to all problems of humanity with the views of making people operate at optimal capacity. They enjoy professional mandate to provide end of life care to terminally ill and people waiting to cross over to the world beyond.

6.     The military profession. The military profession came into existence to defend the sovereign integrity of nations of our world against external and internal aggressors, to offer the needed protection to the people and properties of citizenry as well as defend the peaceful coexistence of the nations they serve. The serving military men and women have the professional mandate to work for the security of their nations at all times.

Here is a clarion call again from me for all chaplains to come to the understanding that there is a sure need for a reformation of chaplaincy in the light of contemporary settings. A redefining, restructuring, repositioning and representing chaplaincy in Nigeria and continent of Africa.

The present yarning and agitations of our people in Nigeria is the calling for restructuring, there can therefore be no better time than now for the redefining, restructuring, repositioning and representing chaplaincy.

Take me for who I am, mu love for chaplaincy profession and professional relevance remains my earnest concern. I love you all.

Chap. Prof. Mike-Jacobs

Professional Counselor, Clinical Spirituotherapist and

Certified Chaplaincy Educator in Private Practice