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So a few days ago I was reading the Bible. During that time I had a lot on my mind as far as church goes.... I was running over what I had talked to other people about (like who is leading the church, where we are going, and who is leaving the church because they are mad... none of which was super productive). Anyways, I was running over all these thoughts in the back of my mind and began to read 1 Samuel 12-15 (somewhere in there). Basically what happened is Samuel says hey... you demanded a king... when all you needed was God... because He is already here and in control, He is your king. But you needed a man to be King so here he is... Now if you and your king follow God, you will be ok... BUT if you don't follow God, God will be against you.

So in essence Samuel said... hey, you guys are dumb. You need to let God be in control (be your king) it would have been simple and wise BUT you demanded a man to lead you. And of course that makes things more complex because YOU have to follow God and HE has to follow God and lead you down the right path or God will get pissed at all of you and be against you.

I think a lot of times.... I am searching for a leader of the church to lead me where I need to go in my walk with Christ... and all I need to follow is God. God is here and he wants to be my king... I need to follow Him. As a church we need to follow him.... we were so long wrapped up in a man... following a man (as most churches do)... all we need is God... it is that simple... no middle man.. just me and God.