Where is God when we go to the elections? Where is He when
they do not go our way? Where is He when there are irregularities? Who is God
anyway?
I am sure that most Kenyans believe in God, though I am sure
it can not be one God.
Did we pray before we voted? What did we pray? Did we ask
Him for direction as we went to cast our ballots? Did He give us the direction
or our prayer was just a polite way to appear to involve God in our decisions
so that we can later blame Him if they do go the way we had decided even before
praying for direction?
Does our voting and results overrule God’s sovereignty? Is
God subject to our choices? Can God be manipulated into agreeing with our
self-seeking decisions? Does He stop being God when universal suffrage takes
over?
Following the debates on blogs and fb since the elections it
seems that many of us have put God in the backburner as far as the election
results are concerned. Many appear openly tribalistic but I think this is for
creating a diversion from the real issues.
Do you believe in God? Do you confess the reality of God? Where
do you expect solutions from, God or the politician of your choice?
I believe this case has laid bare our idol worship. We
worship politicians and political dimensions. We play lip service to God, I
think to remain respectable.
All the hatred and tribal leanings are the evidence that we
are worshipping our ‘saviors’. No wonder the election was fair or foul
depending on where our savior lies. I will say it again. This is not about the
elections or even tallying. We are either excited or finished depending on the
position of our savior. And I won’t even stand to be corrected. Just look at
yourself.
People are hurt. But the culprit is not the electoral
process. I think Baal has been unmasked. People can’t simply face the fact that
their god is not god enough. The other side doesn’t want to delay the ascension
of their god to the throne to give salvation to all. The sad fact is that some
of the said gods actually believe they are so, which makes the situation even
worse for their worshippers.
God brings the idols down. Remember Dagon falling down in
worship when the ark of the true God was brought to his temple?
And when they of
Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the
earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place
again. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was
fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of
Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the
stump of Dagon was left to him (1Samuel 5: 4)
If we do not stop worshipping these heroes of ours, I will
not be surprised if God deals with them as He dealt with Dagon.
I know you are hurting. But that does not excuse idolatry.
That does not excuse hatred which God calls murder. That does not excuse spite.
That does not excuse intolerance.
For you information tribe is God’s creation. You should not
be ashamed of belonging to your tribe. But on the same vein you should not also
despise any other tribe for whatever reason. Nothing God created is evil, even
that tribe you detest.
But I need to say that your tribe or tribal leaning is not
the only reality there is. Your tribe is one of thousands of tribes on earth. Some
countries have one tribe whereas others have hundreds. DRC for example has over
250 tribes. Some tribes have no visible or linguistic differences. As an
example I don’t know how to differentiate between a Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda or
Burundi.
Your tribal hero may not even be a leader, or his leadership
may be proceeding from the devil. Looking at him as the solution Kenya needs is
blasphemy because God is the only one capable of dealing with our problems
conclusively. Remember God saying as much when Israel asked for a king? Treating
his victory or defeat as a life and death situation not only shows us as
hopelessly humanistic but displays our faith as a sham. It shows God is our Public
Relations exercise.
God is bigger than Uhuru. God is bigger than Raila. God is
supremely superior to the Supreme Court and is at no time bound to its
decisions. None of them provide oxygen for us. None of them will give us food
for our stomachs. In fact winning or losing for any of them will not improve
your lot much if you do not take a proactive stance in your life.
Some of these same characters caused us to fight, kill and
displace our long term friends and neighbors. What did they do? They just
shared the loaf of bread amongst themselves. Some of us are still in IDP camps.
What makes you think that they will bring you a piece of that loaf this time
round if they get it?
Let us stop putting our faith to shame to protect these
politicians who do not lose sleep when we are sleeping hungry.
It is true that righteousness exalts a nation, but it is
very important for us to realize that God’s people are the one God’s looks at to
determine the presence or absence of the same.
If my people, which
are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and
turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive
their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7: 14)
We simply cannot be called by His Name if we are falling over
ourselves to fight for our hero, whoever he is. Losing sleep for them or the
decision of the SC speaks volume about the object of our faith.
Let us stop putting God to shame for shallow political
grandstanding.
In any case they have severally stated that we are the fools
for creating factions whereas they will always be eating peacefully together
when out of our sight.
Barikiweni sana
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