I had a chat with God. Yes, you heard right—God!

Now, before you call the psychiatrist on my behalf, let me clarify: it was an imaginary spiritual conversation, one of those deep, soul-searching moments that leave you rattled like a Bollywood hero after discovering he’s been adopted in the third act.

So, there I was, pouring my heart out, asking the Almighty to do something about the mess our nation is in—you know, the corruption, the chaos, the sheer creative genius with which people dodge rules. And guess what He said?

“I’m still on the throne.”

Well, good to know He hasn’t abdicated. But then He threw a question at me. “Where are my people?”

Now, this was a stumper.

Where are His people?

I thought about the countless churches dotting our landscape, the multitudes of self-proclaimed believers, the religious leaders who always seem to be in the news—but not always for the right reasons. And then it hit me. Maybe He wasn’t asking about sheer numbers. Maybe He was looking for something more… authentic.

You see, church leaders these days seem to be playing a different kind of game—one where the altar isn’t faith, but a piece of church land.

Where spiritual battles take a backseat to legal battles over property.

Where “Thy Kingdom come” is whispered, but “My empire expand” is the real prayer.

And where genuine Christians, the ones who actually want to follow God, get pushed aside faster than a rickshaw on a busy Mumbai street!

And that’s when I remembered Abraham’s famous bargaining session with God over Sodom and Gomorrah. “Fifty righteous people,” God had said. “Find me fifty and I’ll spare the city.” Abraham, perhaps aware of how things worked in his time too, haggled the number down to ten. But alas, even ten good folks couldn’t be found, and the cities went up in smoke—no court appeals, no last-minute pardons.

And then, as I was processing this ancient piece of divine real estate history, God’s voice came again.

“If you can find me ten thousand genuine people in India,” He said, “I will spare this nation.”

Ten thousand. That’s all. Not a million, not a lakh. Just ten thousand people who actually live their faith, who love God and serve others without expecting a camera crew to document it.

Ten thousand out of over forty million Christians in India, who are more interested in doing good than looking good.

Now that, my friends, is a challenge. Because the real question is—are we among those ten thousand? Or are we too busy with our own little empires, Sunday appearances, and well-rehearsed hallelujahs?

As for me, I desperately want to be on that list. And I hope you do too. Because if history has taught us anything, it’s that when God starts counting, we’d better hope we make the cut. Otherwise, well… we all know how things ended for Sodom…!

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