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Everything in the born again Christian life has an upward draw or
calling. The knowing to look heavenward in prayer is natural.
Seeking the Lord and yearning for Him, is a good sign of
spiritual life and growth. But there is something else that has
been happening to the great flocks of God. What began as
enjoyable time with the Lord has turned into a religious
overdrive that is spiritually killing people. These self imposed
demands to keep up with the fellow "spiritual Jones's" has
captured people. 


The doctrinal straining at a gnat while swallowing the camel of
departure from the Lord is the common race. Oh yes, people can
give a knee-jerk, expert reaction-answer to a spiritual inquiry,
yet they are dead within. At one time they followed the Chief
Shepherd and Bishop of their souls, but now they expect Him to
follow them. He is expected to perform for them and to empower
them in spiritual swordsmanship. All the while they are still
going further and further away in the Ship of Knowledge out to
the Sea of Nowhere to Cast Away Island.   


Right now the people of God are fallen down from high spiritual
performance. They are exhausted from having so many religious
"how-to's being place upon them like great burdens they cannot
keep up with. They are being religiously overfed and overdriven
to the point of death. I would go as far as saying, that the
masses are mostly doing this to themselves. They think this is
what it means to be "good" Christian. That this how Jesus accepts
them. They are exhausted because they have not allowed the Master
Shepherd to lead them because really, they do not know how to
follow Him. Fear and trust issues that have stunted their growth.
Joy, peace and freedom's air of heaven has been choked out of
them. The Lord Jesus Christ is not called that "Great Shepherd of
the sheep" for some story book reason, but to see Him in His
great caring love for each one He died and now ever lives for.
"Comfort ye, comfort ye my people saith your God." Isaiah
40:1 


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