26/07/2026
*WHILE WE BUILD CATHEDRALS, SOULS ARE BLEEDIN*
I saw a disturbing revelation.
I saw souls being dragged along the ground in a pool of blood. They were wounded, helpless and being dragged away by the enemy.
But what troubled me most was what I saw the ministers doing.
Instead of running towards the bleeding souls like shepherds to rescue them, their attention was fixed on a massive, magnificent cathedral.
And as the blood of those souls came near the building, they lifted the cathedral higher—not to rescue the souls, but so that their blood would not stain the beautiful structure they had built.
That image has remained with me.
The message was not that building churches, auditoriums or excellent facilities is wrong. The warning was about our focus.
Something is terribly wrong when we can invest everything in what people see while neglecting the souls Christ died to save.
We can build bigger auditoriums and still raise weaker disciples.
We can possess sophisticated equipment and still fail to equip souls with what comes from heaven.
We can fill buildings with people while leaving hearts empty of Christ.
We can become impressive before men—and yet have very little that impresses Heaven.
*The Church was never called merely to build places where people gather. We were called to rescue souls, make disciples, heal the broken, equip the saints and prepare a people for the Lord.*
Build the cathedral if God gives you the grace.
Build it excellently.
But never build the cathedral while the souls around it are bleeding to death.
This is why this prayer has become so weighty in my heart:
*“Father, do not allow me to build a ministry that is impressive to people but empty before You.”*
— Odunayo T. Michael.