I have just watched probably one of the best stand up comedy shows ever by Steve Harvey. This is the live show at the Megafest. I am a fan of stand up comedy and I was obviously expecting the usual Steve’s show. But I tell you what I saw was totally different. It started off as normal, so hilarious! But we were already 45 minutes into the show and he had not even said a single swear word. Not that that was what I was hoping for, but its like his signature and it just wasn’t there.
Anyway, so I could not help but notice how huge the auditorium that he was performing in was and all to watch one person crack a few jokes for about an hour. Like he read my mind he mentions in passing that there were 16 000 people in that auditorium who had all paid $50 each! Yoh!!! You do the maths! This show was different though as he kept mentioning that he has been at it, the comedy I mean, for about 20 years and had to give all credit to God. He also mentions that he has been blessed tremendously and highlights in one of his jokes that one should not be ashamed to have money and to move on up in lif e, because people should be able to tell just by looking that you have been blessed. He also said that when you are blessed do not assume that your friends should come along with you. You have to cut off some friends or else they will drag you down.
So the jokes go on and all of a sudden he goes all serious and thanks God for all the blessings, highlighting that the journey has not been easy. He talks of how the celebrity life has not been all glamorous at all as people are always after something when they know you have money. But of all the things that he did, he introduced JESUS CHRIST saying that he has hosted many shows, introduced many great people but if there was one person that he would want to introduce, it would be Jesus Christ. I was like HUH! And at the same time I thought, if an artist of his caliber could take such a stance, now that is really something. I mean here he was, over 16 000 people watching him and he takes the opportunity to declare his love for God. You have no idea what that did to me. During his show, he mentioned a sad reality. Many pastors and people of God often portray this image that they are perfect and it takes a lot for the ordinary person to get to that stage. Steve then highlights that if only pastors could show the true side of life, the reality that they are just as human as all of us, it would make us relate to them better and as a result, we would reform quicker.
That is what this show did to me. I look at Steve Harvey and I see an ordinary artist, making a living by telling jokes. And we find them funny because they are situations that we can all relate to. And the dirtier they are, the funnier he seems to be. But here he was declaring that he is a child of God and even cried after his introduction of Jesus Christ, which was received by a standing ovation. To me that was a declaration and one that I would easily also declare, because I can relate to Steve, and if he can do it, then I sure can. If artists only knew the power that they have to transform and change the world, this would definitely be a better place.
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