CNN News vs TBN News
The natural assumption is that Christianity is equals to Mediocrity. You don’t believe me? If an earthquake took place somewhere which news would you take more seriously CNN News or TBN News? Which audit firm would you hire to oversee a project worth 2billion shillings? Delloite or Christian Association of Accountants? Which radio station has more talented presenters Family or Classic? Which walk raises more money? Touch a Childs Heart or Walk for the Bibleless? Who raised more money for the starving in Kenya the more than 10,000 registered churches in Kenya or secular corporates (Kenyans for Kenya)? If each church were to come up with Ksh 100,000 each we’d raise Ksh 1b. Who are the fastest runners in the world? Who are the wealthiest? There are 1140 billionaires in the world. I don’t know their personal profiles but for those I know, none of them are Christians. There are 10million millionaires, very few are chrsitians. The fastest rally drivers, almost everyone in guiness book of world records, all the big fashion designers, the biggest talk show hosts from the twisted Oprah to Larry king…none of this guys are Christians. Where will you get more talented musicians American Idols or Road to Exodus?
I’m tired of hearing ‘why gain the whole world and lose your soul’
You know what I’m tired of hearing? Wealth is vanity; why gain the whole world and lose your soul; the love of money is the root of all evil; seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you; you can’t serve 2masters - money and God. I’m tired of hearing this not because I have now become anti-bible but because it is used as an excuse for mediocrity. Christians will prefer to pray. It’s easier than jogging every morning at 4a.m. Do not get me wrong the only problem I have with praying is when it replaces working hard. Real estate gurus sacrifice time and energy to do research. Christian real estate guys will consult God for every business decision they want to make. Am I saying consulting God is wrong? No it isn’t. But God can’t give you answers that you already have...ok let me not speak for God. Let me speak based on results.
Why do these guys keep making terrible business decisions?
Why do these guys keep making terrible business decisions? Why with the Great God who knows it all are they not the most successful in real estate? And by successful I mean, they have the least know how, they have the least real estate wealth, they have the cheaper office, they have less staff, less money for CSR and for tithe, their children go to mid level schools, they go for less expensive family holidays, they have less respect in the real estate world, they are the ones the government of Sudan will not consult when they want to rebuild the nation…I’m writing all this so that you don’t say that God does not want them to be that wealthy because money will turn them away from him. That sounds like a mean god...(deliberate small caps).
In Gold alone Solomon would have been Worth Over $100b today (no one has ever hit the $80b mark yet)
Many people in the bible were quite wealthy, quite respected or quite knowledgeable in their areas of expertise or all three of them. Abraham was good with livestock; quite good. He had his own army of 400 men to protect his property. Actually I can’t give too many examples because the bible doesn’t talk much of their success in terms of wealth. But you can easily decipher…at least in the case of Solomon it is stated. In gold alone Solomon would have been worth over $100b today not counting the other wealth. No billionaire has ever hit the $80b mark. Why I say that that sounds like a mean god is because the bible says that your gift will take you before kings. How can you go before kings and you are the least knowledgeable in your area, the least respected and the least successful in terms of results. Wealth is an end result. If you are the greatest harpist in the world, the demand to have you play in places would be overwhelming. You would probably charge $100,000 per show not because you want money but because you need to cover your flights, hotel stay and transportation of your equipment…and that is what your value will be. The bible doesn’t talk much about their wealth because that is not the important part; everything that came before that and after that is what is important. Like the talented guy who built the ark of the covenant - Bezalel, son of Uri. We do not hear anything about him after that but can you imagine how famous he was. But first of all he was the most talented in all of Israel.
Hundreds of Millions of Shillings go through the Church every Month but People are still Dying
So what is happening today? Faith without works is dead. Do you know what works is? Works is not going for a 2 week prayer get-away; that is still faith. Works is actually waking up early in the morning ort sleeping late doing your research or jogging or drawing or coding or calculating or whatever your thing is.
Hundreds of millions of shillings go through the church every month but people are still dying of hunger in our country; before we blame the government, shame on the church.
People; born again is not the qualification for everything. If you want a preacher, look for someone who is right doctrine wise, eloquent, a public speaker, has depth and understanding of the word of God and ofcourse a born again person. If the church wants to record music the person to look for is not a saved person; or a saved person who has a passion for music; or a saved person who has a passion for music and is commited to ministry. No the person to look for is a musician and when I say musician I mean professional; in other words knows about vocals and keys and is quite talented…and yes this person has to be born again.
Generally Christians too Timid when it comes to being Candid
If we did this we would have quality stuff coming from the church; because not only will we have gifted people coming from the church but people of integrity as well. Christians are very timid when it comes to being candid. We clap and cheer on everyone whether they have done a good or terrible job. The drama team will act on stage and the congregation will cheer loudly and after the service people will either say “that was really good” or say nothing at all. No one will say “My guys this Sunday the play was not so good. We could barely hear what you were saying”. Therefore the drama guys will never know; they will only find out the day they do a show after church and barely anyone shows up. And they will say “this church of ours is not supportive at all”. The truth my friends, is that your acting is terrible but no one has the guts to tell you. And if they did tell you, you’d improve and they’d all come to watch your show.
We look at it wrong – Wealth is the End Result Your Gift is the Means
We look at it wrong. When we look at Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or Mark Zuckerberg we look at wealth. That is not what we should be looking at, we should be looking at what they do. Bill Gates built an operating system and perfected over the years, that takes a lot of work and input. His OS got extreme demand therefore he had to hire very many people to handle that and get a large office to accommodate them…and so on…and in the end this resulted to wealth. The same can be said about Zuckerberg and Facebook. For those who have watched the movie you know what he went through to come up with Facebook. He was a gifted coder and worked night to come up with stuff. Meanwhile Mr. Christian man you are praying for God to supply your needs according to His riches in glory. He probably will but He definitely will not give you $1b. How will He do that? He can’t rob a bank; He can’t manipulate people to donate money to you for no apparent reason; He can’t bring a business deal worth that much if you can’t handle it. So you will remain poor and saying lines like “It is God’s will”, “You can’t serve 2masters” etc. That is just an excuse for being lazy.
Another Famous Excuse: Giving Christian Names to Businesses
Another famous excuse: giving Christian names to businesses. Why do I say it’s an excuse? Look around, which driving school is doing better Rocky Driving School or Jehovah Driving School? Yesu ni Bwana shop or Jamhuri Kiosk? Kwanza shops with Christian names are the most common. Then there are matatus, God’s Vision matatu is overlapping, Potter House matatu inabeba excess, Jehovah’s Blessing matatu is paying bribes to cops. Giving your business, matatu, bus etc a Christian name doesn’t mean that it will succeed. It’s just a name like any other. God will bless your business because of you; and you, means your heart. People assume that by giving your business a chrsitian name that it will automatically do well and by assuming so they take a back seat and wait for God to do wonders. He won’t. God gave you a mind and gave you His word. His word says don’t make pledges you can’t keep (proverbs). So don’t. His word says be diligent in what you do (Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom – Ecclesiastes ). His word says seek the counsel of the wise (Proverbs). So do it. Go to someone successful in a business similar to yours and get advice. We have all the resources we need.
