08/09/2026
ARE WE STILL WORSHIPPING THE GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH?
There is a question that has been troubling my heart, and perhaps we need to be brave enough to ask it.
Can someone sincerely believe they are a Christian, attend church, pray, tithe, follow a pastor or prophet—and yet unknowingly be participating in idolatry?
The Bible gives us a disturbing answer: YES.
Israel was God's chosen people, yet again and again they mixed the worship of God with other gods. They had priests, sacrifices, temples and religious ceremonies, but God still called them to repentance.
The problem was not always that they stopped talking about God. The problem was that they started serving other things alongside Him.
Today, what if the idol is no longer a carved image? What if it is a "man of God" who cannot be questioned?
What if it is a prophet whose word has become greater than Scripture? What if it is money, prosperity and the promise of a breakthrough?
What if it is anointing oil, special objects, rituals or spiritual "covering" that people begin trusting more than God Himself? What if our traditional beliefs have been mixed with Christianity without being tested against the Word of God?
And what if political leaders have become so powerful that the church is afraid to speak truth to them? These questions become even more important when we look at Zimbabwe and other African countries.
We call ourselves Christian nations. Churches are everywhere. We pray. We fast. We hold conferences. We have prophets, apostles, bishops and pastors.
Yet corruption, poverty, and unemployment continues. People struggle to afford food and healthcare - the vulnerable are exploited.
Political and religious leaders can become extremely powerful while ordinary people continue to suffer. So what went wrong?
I am not saying that Africa is suffering simply because Christians are worshipping idols. That would be too easy and would ignore history, economics, politics, corruption, climate and many other realities.
But perhaps we need to examine something deeper: Have we sometimes created a form of Christianity that looks Christian on the outside but has become mixed with other loyalties on the inside?
The prophets of the Bible did not remain silent because the king was powerful.
Nathan confronted David, Elijah confronted Ahab. Amos confronted injustice.
Jeremiah confronted false prophets.
Jesus confronted religious leaders.
They were not afraid to ask: Where is God in all of this? Perhaps Africa doesn't only need more churches. Rather, we need churches that can still challenge corruption and leaders who can be questioned.
We need Christians who know their Bibles well enough to test what they are being taught. Also believers who will follow Christ rather than personalities. Distinguish between faith and fear, obedience and manipulation, biblical Christianity and religious tradition. Because a person can be sincere and still be sincerely deceived.
A church can be full and still be spiritually empty. A preacher can be famous and still be wrong. Miracle can happen and still not prove that every teaching surrounding it is from God.
Yet a nation can call itself Christian while its systems produce injustice.
The question is therefore not simply: "Are we Christians?" But the deeper question is:
WHO ARE WE REALLY SERVING?
The Creator of heaven and earth, or leaders ,traditions,money, political powers, spiritual personalities, or religious systems?
Jesus said: "You shall worship the Lord your God and Him only shall you serve."
Maybe the revival Africa needs is not simply a revival of church attendance. But it is a revival of truth, repentance, discernment, righteousness and genuine obedience to God.
Let us return to the Scriptures, test every doctrine. Also, examine every spiritual practice and stop confusing personalities with God. Because sometimes the greatest deception isn't leaving Christianity. It is staying in church while slowly replacing the God with something else.
Africa
