Order Disorder To Order!

Though it is quite easy to argue sometimes that some of our indigenous proverbs and sayings promote negative tendencies rather than positive ones, there is no gainsaying the fact that indigenous proverbs are almost always full of wisdom and cause one to think thoroughly and reflect on life.

One of such proverbs, when one employs transliteration would sound like this: “The knee cannot wear a cap when the head is around”, meaning the knee cannot take glory in the presence of the head. That can only happen when the head is absent. Though simple, carries a lot of weight.

Our world today, interestingly yet dangerously, is glorifying the knee in the presence of the head hence bringing disorder and complete anarchy. Today, the creation or the creature are living lives independent of the Creator, even in Christendom, where people profess that they receive Christ and want to live like Him. Man is raising himself above the Creator – a potent recipe for catastrophe of unimaginable magnitude.

Go to most of our churches today and you will be greeted with the true definition of anarchy. Where people refuse to abide by laws and always seek to disrupt peaceful behaviour, chaos abounds. Because everything gravitates around the Pastor, he or she has elevated himself or herself above God and always insist things should be done his/her way, always using spirituality as a perfect cover. Sooner than later, that façade or false cloak or garment that pastors wear to perpetuate disorder by promoting themselves rather than God shall be torn for all to see that God is God.

Anybody can stand up today and do what he or she likes in a church, and nobody sees nothing wrong with it so long as the pastor agrees with it. Some shout unnecessarily during sermons, others are ill-prepared when executing assignments in God's house, whilst many just go on Sunday to fill the pews. These things happen when leadership in God's house is failing or has completely failed. I have visited churches where anybody can rise up and do what they like and nobody cautions them. Unbelievable! Guys, we have to know something: THE CHURCH IS NOT A DEMOCRACY!

The pulpit, admittedly must be higher than the pew, but it CANNOT and NEVER be higher than the Creator. To those men of God who have become idols for their congregants and others to worship, they are treading on dangerous grounds. They have advertently created systems to be glorified and worshipped; however, all glory belongs to God. After few achievements through the power of the Holy Ghost, these men of God erroneously think they have arrived. The fall follows sooner than later.

When man cannot ascribe to God what the Creator has allowed him to achieve, such man becomes self-aggrandizing and hence empty. Pastors, Apostles, Teachers, Evangelists and Prophets, BEWARE!

God is a God of order. A thorough read of the first chapter of Genesis should teach us that. Things were created in a certain order, telling us that disorder CANNOTbe of God. When Jesus found out that there was disorder in His father's house, He proceeded to correct it by driving away the architects of the disorder. What we must do as true Christians is to spot the source of disorders and root them out. A brother, sister, pastor, group of brothers or sisters, a leader, etc may be the source of such disorders. We must be bold, irrespective of the source to root them out. Rooting them out would mostly simply take tapping the shoulders of the source to see the crooked line being drawn behind them. In extreme cases, holy anger and spiritual warfare may be needed. We must discern the type of ammunition to use.

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only few find it” – Matthew 7:13 -14

Guys, life has taught me that majority is almost always WRONG. If you are seeking the praise and worship of men, you're heading towards destruction. I prefer to be in the minority when the path I have taken is the right one before God, irrespective of what all men say. It is all about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Don't fool others and also be fooled!

God is God, and at the end of the day, He will order His Order to order disorder to Order!

Paul Edem Kuenyefu, is a Conference Speaker, Writer, Lay Preacher and Business Strategist. He is the author of 'TO THE ZENITH', a motivational piece.

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