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CROSSROADS

Bob Neumann

Dear WPA,

I am addressing this post to the “members” of the WPA and those who just “read” it for whatever reason. (Why i start with such a statement will make sense as iproceed.) As of today, the “church”, the “WPA”, every community, area, state and nation is at a “crossroads”. Each of us, as individuals, are on a “journey” whether weunderstand it, or not. Like it or not….it does not matter.

Sheep christians can distinguish HIS VOICE from all the other voices, and HE SAYS that they follow HIM. That they do so knowingly. So if you really are one of HIS SHEEP crossroads are no big deal…you follow where HE LEADS because you HEAR HIS VOICE. The problem is that there are a whole lot of plain old “church going” and “generational church going” Christians that show up on any given Sunday and sit.

They sit because it is expected of them. Either they were dragged there as kids and got used to it…. or they figured to “blend” in with the “right people”spending a few hours in a specific building for a few hours on Sunday will increase business and personal contacts. Now most of these have never HEARD HIS VOICE. They listen to “men” and figure just sitting and killing time is all it takes. In fact in most of these “congregations” they are taught that HE DOES NOT SPEAK to anyone…period. But worse than that are those “congregations” where the “men” who run THE SHOW are the only ones who hear anything and you had better do what they say…or else. So today if all the REVELATION you have been given is that of THE SHEPHERD…. listen HARD for HIS VOICE and FOLLOW WHERE HE LEADS.

Now if you have learned to discern WORDS in HIS VOICE, such as YES…NO…STOP …GO…you are a child who has “learned to WALK”….and if you LISTEN HE WILL tell you which way to turn. And it is just as easy to HOLD HIS HAND and WALK ALONG. But all too soon toddlers who hold HIS HAND want to just run…run everywhere…call it “too much energy”.

It is easy to get ahead…and easy to get lost. So you have to LISTEN once again…and return to HIM from where you turned WRONG.

But children grow up and LEARN OF HIM. And HE TELLS THEM to MAKE CHOICES… some seem hard…some simple. FOLLOW ME is SIMPLE….unless you have to get rid of “stuff” in your life you assess as of value. and picking up your cross and following HIM is not too hard unless you remember where HE IS LEADING YOU. YET…we all die sometime…or someday… so what’s the BIG DEAL? Simple, AIN’T IT!!!

Then there are the few SERVANTS who are UNDER HIS AUTHORITY. DEAD in CHRIST… who go WHERE HE SENDS THEM. Do what HE TELLS them to do.

They run into CROSSROADS all the time.

They have learned, sometimes hard and sometimes not so hard to TRUST HIM. PERIOD.

So you have to decide. What revelation are you moving in? Do you hear and follow? Do you hear, listen, and HOLD ON TO HIS HAND? Or do you GO when HE SAYS GO?

selah

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