Praying for rain: How the church is dancing its sure way to irrelevance

Members of the Public are seen during the National Solemn Assembly at the Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi on February 14, 2023. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard]

Literal recreation of biblical scenarios is often problematic. A contemporary reenactment of bible times rain-making moments requires accurate discernment. Without such spiritual intelligence, the gathering may become an embarrassment - an miss or make optimism gathering. When the Israelites were in the desert, God did not respond to the desert situation by supplying rain. Manna - not ran - was the intervention.

God therefore has an array of choices and we should not always run to the rain solution. In the Egypt Joseph-Pharaoh moment, the solution to the drought was stocking for it. The years of drought were not adjusted. Joseph got a presidential appointment to chair the drought impact minimisation taskforce. Full drought-full stock. For Elijah at Mt Carmel, it was a sin-related curse that needed reversal. The reversal was conditional and was preceded by the destruction of the prophets of false gods. Then came the rain. On which - or other - premise was the Uhuru Park prayer meeting premised?