19/08/2026
There is a kind of pain that you cannot explain unless you have truly carried the burden of God.
Sometimes I look at the Church in Africa, especially in Cameroon , and my heart breaks.
We have reached a generation where a crowd is treated as proof of God’s presence, money is treated as proof of God’s approval, and popularity is treated as proof of anointing.
But who told us that
Who told us that because thousands are following you, God must be following you?
Who told us that because people are shouting your name, heaven is pleased with your ministry!
The crowd can applaud a man while heaven is grieving over him.
That is the part that hurts me the most. 💔
We celebrate men because they have built big platforms. We celebrate them because they have millions of followers. We celebrate their businesses, their cars, their influence, their clothes, their connections and their success.
But who is crying for the lost souls?
Who is preaching repentance?
Who is still telling people that holiness matters?
Who is willing to say, “Thus says the Lord,” when saying it could cost him his money, his friendships, his position, his followers, and his reputation?
Too many people have entered the pulpit and discovered that motivation brings applause, but truth brings conviction.
So they choose applause.
They tell people what they want to hear because they are afraid of losing the crowd.
But a genuine servant of God cannot sell the truth to protect his platform.
A preacher who is controlled by the crowd will eventually compromise the message.
And I am not saying this because I hate pastors. I am saying it because I love the Church too much to watch it die while we clap.
My heart cries when I see people celebrating ministers simply because they are famous.
The question should not be, “How many people follow him?”
The question should be:
“Does his life represent Christ?”
Does he fear God when nobody is watching?
Does he love righteousness when righteousness costs him something?
Does he preach the truth when the truth makes people uncomfortable?
Does he still stand when standing means standing alone?
Because Jesus did not die on the cross so that we could build celebrity ministries.
He died to save souls.
He died for repentance.
He died for holiness.
He died for truth.
And one day, every preacher, every prophet, every apostle, every motivational speaker, every businessman, every celebrity, and every ordinary believer will stand before the same God.
The microphone will not save us.
The crowd will not save us.
Money will not save us.
Titles will not save us.
Followers will not save us.
Only Jesus.
And on that day, I fear that some people who were celebrated on earth may discover that heaven never celebrated what they built.
That thought breaks my heart. 😭
Because the most dangerous deception is not when the world rejects the Church.
It is when the Church begins to look like the world and calls it success.
Cameroon, Africa, and the Church of Jesus Christ wake up.
Stop measuring God’s presence by crowds.
Stop measuring anointing by money.
Stop measuring truth by popularity.
Stop calling everyone successful a servant of God.
A full church can still be spiritually empty.
A famous preacher can still be far from God.
A powerful microphone can still carry an empty message.
And a preacher who truly carries God may sometimes have to walk alone, cry alone, pray alone, and be misunderstood.
But I would rather walk alone with God than stand before thousands without Him.
If preaching the truth costs me the crowd, let the crowd go.
If obedience costs me my platform, let the platform fall.
If righteousness costs me my popularity, let my name be forgotten.
Because when this life is over, I don’t want people to remember how many people shouted my name.
I want heaven to know that I did not betray the God who called me.
Lord, have mercy on Your Church.
Raise again men and women who would rather please You than please people.
Raise preachers who cannot be bought.
Raise prophets who cannot be intimidated.
Raise servants who cannot be controlled by money.
Raise voices that will preach truth even when the truth hurts.
Because the crowd may cry for us today…
But when we stand before God, the crowd will not be standing there with us.
Only God
And that is why we must be afraid not of losing the crowd, but of losing God. 🙏🏾
We are living in a time of pain, hatred name the rest…perilous time! 🇨🇲 🇺🇸 🌎