‘Wewe ni Mungu’ A Proof of Existence of God
It is relatively safe to assume that if you are singing Wewe ni Mungu, you already believe in the existence of God. Yet the reality of our world today is that many people doubt or deny Him. Some dismiss faith as myth or story, as if God were created by us to ease our loneliness. Others think faith and human reason cannot walk together. But this song reminds us that reason can lead us to the truth, and faith makes that truth shine brighter.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that the desire for God is written in every human heart (CCC #27). When we lift our voices in Wewe ni Mungu, we echo that truth. Every person, believer or not, is searching for meaning, for life’s purpose. That search, whether clear or hidden, is the cry of the heart reaching for God (CCC #28). The song reminds us that we are created to seek Him, and that this desire flows from both reason and faith.
St. Thomas Aquinas, one of the Church’s greatest teachers, showed how reason itself points to God. His life and works still guide us. In Wewe ni Mungu, we hear the same conviction: God exists, God is real, God sustains all. Like Aquinas’ five proofs, the song is a hymn of faith and reason joined in harmony, testifying that creation itself reveals the hand of God.
The First Way – An Unmoved Mover
The song proclaims a God who never changes but moves all things. The world is in motion—plants, people, seasons, even time itself. Nothing moves on its own. All things are carried by another. As Aquinas explained, this chain cannot go back forever. There must be a first mover who is unmoved. In the music of Wewe ni Mungu, we recognize that first mover—God.
The Second Way – The First Cause
In every verse of the song we acknowledge God as the beginning of all things. Every cause has its source in another, but nothing creates itself. Just as the seed comes from a plant and the carpenter makes the chair, so too all creation flows from an uncaused cause. Wewe ni Mungu becomes our song of praise to the One who began all, who is Alpha and Omega.
The Third Way – Contingency or Necessary Being
The world could vanish, yet it still exists because God sustains it. Every living and non-living thing depends on something greater than itself. All can cease, but not God. The song proclaims Him as the necessary being, the One who holds the world together. Without Him, everything would fade. In Wewe ni Mungu, we confess that life, breath, and creation stand because He wills it.
The Fourth Way – Gradation
As the melody rises, we recognize that some things are more true, more good, more beautiful. But there must be one who is perfect in all these—perfect love, perfect goodness, perfect truth. That perfection is God. The choir, in voices layered and strong, lifts this truth: Wewe ni Mungu, You are the standard of all beauty, the measure of all that is right and holy.
The Fifth Way – Design
Finally, Wewe ni Mungu points us to the wisdom of creation. The sun rises, the rain falls, the stars move in order, all creation sings in harmony. None of these have intelligence of their own, yet they follow a perfect design. Just as an arrow needs an archer, the world needs a designer. The choir sings, and our hearts agree: God is the architect, the author, the One who makes all things work together.
These are the five ways St. Thomas Aquinas showed us the existence of God, echoed in the worship of Wewe ni Mungu. Yes, people have doubted, argued, and resisted, but the song reminds us that every heart is still searching. When we join in singing, faith and reason meet. Can you feel that proof within you? Can you hear your soul echo the truth? Then raise your voice with the choir and proclaim with certainty—Wewe ni Mungu!
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