The Real Walk of Faith

I have been watching far too many YouTube videos of atheists and people who have got something against God in the last few weeks. Most of them cursed quite a bit and were extremely disrespectful to the provider of their breath. It seemed interesting, as always, that God didn't just un-create them or glue their tongues to the roof of their mouths. It would probably have been easier to make the lights go out or cause a malfunction in the sound system. Perhaps God could have given the speakers indigestion so that they would need the bathroom more than they needed to finish their speeches.

Why is it that God doesn't force His presence into the lives of His doubters? I think it is because God seeks true worshipers. People who will willingly worship Him in spirit and in truth. Jesus got most of His disciples, if not all, without doing miracles and wonders. He simply told them to follow Him, and the impulse in their very being caused them to respond positively to His call. He called them to persecution, suffering, financial insecurity, public ridicule, dispersion and various other dangers. They had only one promise, that He was truly God and that He would see them again, either on this side of heaven, or the other.

Why are we following Him? Are you running towards God, or are you running away from the devil? Are you convinced that He is in control, even in control of the atheists, or are you unsure about His absolute power? Do you truly believe He deserves worship, or do you need to see a great miracle before you believe? There are many voices in the world, many people want us to stop believing in Jesus. Some offer alternative gods while others tell us to worship nothing. We have to believe, to have faith that God is who He says He is and that He seeks relationship with us. The good thing is, faith as small as a mustard seed is enough. Believe!

Three- Month Journey: the Beginning

It has been a crazy time since I last posted on this blog. Since then, I have taken part in a gruelling sports event hosted by Diguna Mbagathi, applied for and received a three-month visa to Germany and flown out of the country. I landed in Frankfurt on the morning of 9th April, to a wet and cold welcome, so was the weather. The normally reliable Swissair uncharacteristically misplaced my luggage but later traced it and delivered it to me, intact. I have been to the student-filled and scenic Marburg, the laid-back and beautiful Osthofen (near Worms), the Kibogo-inhabited Siegburg and am now in colourful Soest.

There are still many stops on my visit here but since I arrived in Soest, I intend to enjoy every minute here. Sometimes the weather behaves like a Kenyan politician, predicting one thing and doing the opposite. There are a number of ministries lined up for this week and I look forward to each one. I will be sharing my testimony, my work and my music with different groups of people and I believe it will be fun all the way (and sometimes serious).

Reading the Bible  hasn't been easy though. I find myself with more questions than answers and so I realize that God really wants me to have faith. I desire quick responses to my questions and prayer requests, but I know that those who see everything have no need of faith. I trust God to see me through and to make the deepest and most hidden desires of my heart come to pass. It's not easy having to wait for good things to happen in your life, but once you get them, everything is worth the wait. Trust God.

Fear and Trust

Ps. 56:3-4, Ps. 57:1-2

When I am afraid, I will trust in You, in God whose Word I praise. There are times when uncertainty about prevailing circumstances leaves me in a fearful state. I am then tempted to give up or to give in especially when the odds are so highly stacked up against me. It is in these hours of despair that my feet slip and my knees give way. I find myself face down, in shame and despair rather than in worship.

When I am pursued by foes I cannot withstand, people close enough to my heart to gravely wound it, I have but one means of escape. When my heart is overwhelmed, I seek and find refuge under the shadow of His wings, until the violent storm (the disaster) has passed. Some may call it denial or escapism, but I call it Strategy. Whenever your adversary seems to have the upper hand, retreat to God’s shelter until He sends you out again to battle. Lie low, until it’s time to go.