The sermon chaser

Those of us who believe in God walk through life believing that our leaders are always right.

They must be they have a theological degree, they have the title and they get the honor.

But is this true? 

The reality is that they are ordinary people. There is nothing really special about them. 

They make mistakes, their knowledge of God is not complete and they should not be the only source of direction you should seek in your walk of life.

The bible clearly states that we will stand before God and give an account of the things we have done and not done.

It does not say that we will be able to state that we did not do what God asked us to do because our pastor said it was not or could not be done, that it did not fit within the ministry of the church, or that a prophet told us to do something else. 

We cannot blame anyone for our failings but ourselves.

So what am I trying to say here. We need to go to the source of all truth, God, to determine what we are supposed to do in life. 

We cannot rely on anyone else for our walk with God. 

We cannot rely on others for our prayer, we cannot rely on our Sunday services for our God fix and we cannot rely on our leaders to tell us what is right. WE NEED GOD. 

This requires work. We actually need to learn how to pray, we need to learn how to listen for ourselves and we need to learn a new form of obedience, that is obedience to God first man second. 

Always remembering to walk in love in the decisions we make. We also need to remember that the road God has for us is ours alone. Don't demand or pressure others to walk our road. If others are being lead the same way they will join us. If they are not lead the same way let them walk their own walk. Theirs is just as important as ours.

Walk in peace always, walk in love always and seek God at all times.

Stuart