How did we get here?

Easy.

It is possible to appear to be loyal to God and yet bow down to idols.

It is possible that what happens on the public stage is not mirrored with what the private life is like.

It is possible to claim many things and yet they not be a reality.

For a time.

“Israel was a spreading vine; he brought forth fruit for himself. As his fruit increased, he built more altars; as his land prospered, he adorned his sacred stones. Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones.” (Hosea 10 v 1-2)

The Church grew numerically and they had a harvest with abundance of blessings, there were many testimonies, stories of transformation. They became prosperous and bought buildings and extended their staff, their community work was amazing, their ministry became known around the world and yet the leadership having admired the success, enjoyed the benefits of it and began to idolise what they had received.

The GIVER and the GIFTS had become separated.

They continued and more success came their way as they began to teach others the keys to their growth. “You can be like us”; “We will show you how we got these gifts”; “If you do this ABC principle then you will receive what we have”.

That’s not why the GIVER gave the GIFTS.

So God began to topple down that what was built. He broke down the idolatry by exposing it and all that was successful fell down. The success become the failure it always was.

And someone asked, ‘How did we get here?’

And the reply came.

“Easy”