FRANK'S LAMENTATIONS PART 1

This world has gone from bad to worse. Someone can have enough food, to even throw away some, yet there is a poor soul that has nothing. This person may not be aware of a soul in need of the food or may not be able to reach it, or may not even take time to do so. What an imbalance?? Church preaches prosperity and offering which is good and biblical, but it neglects the important bit of being God's vessels to reach out to those in need spiritually and physically. Love is preached but not practiced!!  U cannot be a brother, sister, mother or father in Christ when u cannot stand with me when I'm in need. Giving is not out of abundance, it's out of love and sacrifice. Where are the true believers? where are the true sons of the kingdom? Where are the true members of the body of Christ? The love for the pleasures of this earth has over taken the love for the church and now people seek God for wealth and what we want him to do for us and not because he is God. Today if we are to put a balancing scale and on one end we put God,  on the other end we put Education, house, family, one's life, popularity, showbiz, fan, name it. The scale on which God stands will be outweighed by only one of the above. Today we don't have love to die for our faith. We don't have love for our faith to defy family requirements, education needs, wealth desires, which can be parallel to the gospel. Sometimes I come to think there is no church, there is no body of believers at all. The poor in church seek to take advantage of the rich, the rich in church want to boast, or show off. People want to go to "big" churches with big congregations where they cannot even get to know the person sitting right beside them. No more sharing of sorrow, pain, or happiness among the believers.

Then I ask myself a question, how many of us are Christ like? How many of us are going to heaven? How many are pure in heart? I don't mean having no sin, I mean loving God and the kingdom of God genuinely and having it at heart. Remember God sees the heart. I even no longer share my troubles with the so called Christians because I know everyone seeks after their own desires. Few can really stand in another's shoes and try to feel what the other person feels. They will always be like,"I can feel what u say brother, I know what u are going through, we shall pray for u". It's fine to pray, but then God uses us! I think the best thing to say to a brother sharing a problem should be,"how can I help?"  You don't have to be rich, you can help in anyway. Now one can say 'but praying is also helping.'  Yeah, but we have learnt to use that as away out and think "he will get someone to help him after I have prayed" Now, what kind of vessel are you? And without fully understanding what your friend is going through, you cannot know the urgency of love and a helping hand in that person's life.

Sometimes I feel alone, I feel like I'm the only one who is listening to the cries of those of my kind. From the ghettos of Africa to the streets of America. If Africa is more in need physically, the west is more in need spiritually. We have erased the gospel of the kingdom of God from our preaching. All we tell people is God loves you, God died for you, God has better plans for you, God can heal, repent and follow Christ ,and the like. That's true and very true, but what is the all reason of preaching this? What was the whole reason Jesus came? It was to tell and prepare us for the Kingdom of God. Lets start to focus on the Kingdom of God. Some Christians don't even know what the kingdom of God is. All they know is that Jesus died for them and after death they are going to heaven, absurd!! Let us start to focus on the Kingdom of God and may be we will learn to "love" as Jesus loved, we will learn to care beyond the "care" we have been acting out. We will yearn for the Kingdom and things of this world will be put as second priority, after all we shall take none to the grave.

Brother, sister, Mother and Father, can u start going to church to meet fellow believers and family members and take time to know who they really are? Can you start loving just because you love and because it's God's nature to love which God you claim to be in you? Can you start to give not because you have much, or you want God to bless you, or you want to act holy? But give because there is need and because you love? Can you start to lift those hands in worship and prayer knowing there is someone who is watching, listening and receiving the worship other than man? Can you get to know that people don't only need your finances but also need you? Can you stop to think you will only be given because you think you have nothing to give? Can you stop going to Church looking for whom to beg? but go to church to pray to God and share your genuine needs with the believers? I may be writing from a young and inexperienced mind, but at least I'm writing from a human heart that feels.  I can go on and on, but a word to a wise person is always enough. Jesus said,"...let those who have ears listen to what the spirit says......"


Mathew 12:30; 10:37-39; Luke 14:33 Mathew 13:44-46 John 12:25; 14:15,21,23,24.  Mathew 7:22,23


With love

Frank Love Kagulire 30/11/2010