Last Sunday’s preaching on the Kingdom of God was quite powerful for me.

In terms of application to Kenya, these things clearly came out as being against the Kingdom of God:

• A lack of work ethic – There is too much of cutting corners. No one wants to do a job properly, and many times when the odd person attempts to be thorough, they are mocked. Just think of the many collapsed buildings we have.
• Inability to follow rules – The classic example – Nairobi roads.  How many of us have broken a traffic rule today –  (I dare say most if not all of us).  Speed limits are rarely followed, using indicators when switching lanes, overtaking at junctions, the list is endless…
• Tribalism – A lot has been said and written about this, but we do not seem to learn, even after the clashes during each election period for the last decade or two that culminated in the worst outbreak of violence that Kenya has seen early last year. Even so tribalism is still alive and kicking in Kenya.
• Greed – He remarked that it is interesting that most of the people involved in mega scandals were not paupers. It was not people stealing so as to be able to feed themselves and their family (this is not to say that this is right either). It was so as to have more and more (and more..).

All this is against the Kingdom of God. More evidence that the 80% Christian statistic for Kenya does not reflect people who are actually in the Kingdom. One must be reconciled with God to become part of the Kingdom.

I did a little looking up and found out:

• About work, the Bible says:

Proverbs 22:29 (New International Version)
Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will serve before kings;
he will not serve before obscure men.