A Ship Captain

Henry and Richard Blackaby in their book on Spiritual Leadership give the illustration below to exemplify the Spiritual leaders role in the lives of others in his mentor-ship program.

"A spiritual leader is like the captain of a sailing ship.  As the ship approaches its destination, the crew begins its lookout for the first sight of land.  The captain has sailed the seven seas and has experienced every possible kind of sailing condition.  His crew, on the other hand, is much less experienced than the captain.  At one point a sailor excitedly cries out, "Land ho!" But all he has seen are vapors coming off the water from the hot sun.  Presently, another sailor yells out that he has spotted land, but it is another false alarm.  The "land" proves to be only a herd of whales.  As the captain casts his careful gaze about the sea, he detects the unmistakable shape of land to the east.  Although it is but a slight bump on the distant horizon, the captain knows it is land."

Henry and Richard further say:

"What does the Captain do with his crew? Does he say, "Don't worry.  Seeing where we are going is my duty as captain. .... I will do all the watching and announce when we are approaching land?" Or does he chastise his crew for being so blind that they could not see what lay before them?"

Doing Much Good!

Dear All,

This week has been an extraordinary one.  We set out on Thursday at 11.00 am to a door to door evangelistic outreach in the location of Nturukuma.  Thursday we knocked on doors and from people walking on the dirt roads in the location to those working and tilling their farms shared the power of God unto salvation - the Gospel! Unique experiences.

Few - in our opinion trusted in the Lordship of Christ on Thursday, while many heard the message.  Many said they are born again but the answers they gave to how they got salvation showed a great lack of Biblical grounding.

Friday was a better day! Every group at lunchtime was enthusiastic and encouraged. Each group explained about a salvation decision here and and there - one here, two there, three there - it was great!

Today, is Saturday! We look forward to third day of outreach! How many Lord will you bring to yourself? How many Lord will you bring to the Community Hall to hear the Gospel Preached at 4.30 pm?  You told us to go and make disciples of every nation.  You told us to start in Jerusalem! That is what we have done Lord! Bless indeed the work and labors of our hands.

Thank you Lord for the over 30 men and many members of MKBC who have shown up for this outreach! Bless our preachers, pastors and leaders as they head back to their home churches after  three days of fishing men! You are good Lord to us!

Bless the Lord with me, Let us exalt his name together!

Pastor Kibera