Woe to the Shepherds!
As I sat quietly before The LORD this morning, waiting and listening, The Spirit of The Fear of The LORD suddenly came upon me and I could tangibly feel the intensity of The LORD’s Presence as an All-Consuming Fire.
His Presence carried such a Holy Weight of Glory, when suddenly, I heard the Spirit Say, ”Son of Man, prophesy against the Shepherds of Israel!
Prophesy and say to them, “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Woe to the Shepherds of Israel who take care of themselves. Should not Shepherds take care of the flock? Should not the Shepherds feed their flock?
You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock!’ “”
As I heard those Words which came like a Divine Summons from the Judge of Heaven, I knew they were the Words spoken in Ezekiel 34:1-3.
And as those Words began to settle in my Spirit, the atmosphere became almost unbearably heavy, to the point where I could not remain seated, the Weight of His Holiness felt as if I was being pressed to the ground, and as I went onto my knees before The LORD in total surrender, The Holy Spirit spoke again saying, “I AM the Good Shepherd! The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the Sheep. The hired hand is not the Shepherd, and the Sheep are not his own.
When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the Sheep and runs away, and the wolf attacks and scatters the flock.
He runs because he is a hired servant and has no concern for the Sheep!”
As I lay before The LORD listening, the Spirit of Intercession came upon me and I wept bitterly before The LORD.
I cried out, ”Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Father, forgive us! Have Mercy on the Shepherds who have fed themselves and not the flock! Have Mercy on the Shepherds who have failed to protect Your sheep!”
As I cried and as I prayed, The Fear of The LORD and the grief of the Father’s Heart was tangible — almost unbearable to carry — but in that place, and on my face, I was then led by The Holy Spirit to Psalm 51, where David cries,
“Create in me a Clean heart, O God… and Renew a right Spirit within me….
Do not take Your Holy Spirit from me… but Restore unto me the Joy of Your Salvation….
For the sacrifice You desire is a Broken and a Contrite heart!” Psalm 51:10-12,17.
As I read Psalm 51, that same Cry rose up within me on behalf of the Whole Body — but especially for those entrusted with the Care of God’s precious Sheep.
As I quieted my heart before The LORD, The Spirit of Revelation began to bring clarity with a sobering weight of God’s coming Justice and Judgment on The House of The LORD;
The Transgressions of sexual perversion, moral depravity and deception, the sin of pride, lies and selfish ambition, and the love of money — which God hates and will Judge — are grievous indeed.
Yet they are not the heaviest Charge!
I saw that greater still is the Responsibility and Accountability of the Shepherds who did not guard what did not belong to them.
Their guilt is not only in the sin that what they knew they covered — but in the Sheep they failed to protect from the ravenous Wolves which they allowed to roam freely, and the grave harm done to the flock through their silence, compromise and self-preservation!
The LORD is fiercely Jealous over His Sheep, and He will require an Account from those whom He has Called, Anointed and Appointed to lead His People — those whom He Chose to lay down their lives, but instead chose to protect and feed themselves!
I felt a deep grief of the Father’s Heart for the wounded and the scattered, the sheep who were silenced and sidelined, for those who were devoured, while leaders simply looked away…
Those who cried out and yet were dismissed, and those who were blamed for their own wounds, while the wolves were defended and protected.
The LORD sees every tear and every betrayal and every single life damaged under careless leadership, and none of it has gone unnoticed!
Then the Spirit impressed upon me that the Season of Quiet Covering has ended!
What many tried to handle privately — but yet never truly Repented of — will now be publicly addressed by The LORD Himself.
What was buried under ‘Spiritual’ language and ‘religious’ success, will be brought into the light!
The LORD will Cleanse His House — not to destroy it — but to Restore it and completely Reform it!
This is not a Word of Condemnation — but a Clarion Call for Humility and True Repentance and a Return to The Fear of The LORD.
Mercy is still extended to Shepherds who will fall on their faces, who will rend their hearts and not their garments, and who will relinquish positions they were never meant to protect at the expense of God’s People.
But Listen! For those who persist in pride, denial and self-justification, The LORD Himself will act, and NO man will stop Him!
Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West
Amen
The LORD GOD told me I will not eat or drink at the table of Bethel. I will not be turned back by the old prophet. I will not lose my vineyard to jezebel. I cry Mercy over false shepherds who allowed his sheep to be torn and wounded. The LORD JESUS is my Shepherd. HE will publicly cleanse HIS CHURCH. HE is faithful and true!
Lovely..thank you.
Amen. I felt heaviness when reading Psalm 51. I have been prayin Mercy over churches.
I am an example of this. I was steeped in secularism and dressed to the hilt, parading the highest fashion and perversion with a beautiful mask for all the world to see. I was worse than that!! It took my teenage daughter to finally say “get out, and stay away from my brother and my dad!!!” Few things could have hurt more, but it’s what saved my life. I was so reprobate that the Father stepped in and opened my ears to hear Satan demanding that I choose. For a couple months I tried to ignore it but finally on January 5, 2015 I screamed, “I CHOOSE JESUS CHRIST!!!” At which time I began to learn what the Lord meant by, “He disciplines those He loves.” He began to bring me up from the pit I’d made my home….He brought me out of hell.
11 years later and my daughter is my best friend. I live with my ex husband (monogamous) he and my son are also my best friends. And I now have 3 beautiful grandchildren who only know grandma as love, hugs and kisses.
People….let Him take you through it. I’m not gonna lie, it’s the most painful path to choose, where He, our Rewarder, becomes our Reward.
Cherish, thank you for your brutal honesty and humility. I love and honor you my dear sister in Christ.
You’re are absolutely right; we must let God discipline us. His loving discipline is not to condemn, it is His fervent love for us, reaching out to redeem us and restore us back to His saving grace and His righteousness. If we will receive God’s merciful discipline, it will deliver us from unnecessary pain, loss, and painful agony and despair.
Thank you for your comment dear sister. I pray that many will take heed to your exhortation and warning.
I do not write this lightly but with a strong Spiritual urging! The Lord is not only talking about the Church but also those in the secular world. Every organisation that called itself charitable (Charities, NGO’s and the like and even includes the Govt Social Services) will also be brought to book. Woe to them indeed where they have served themselves and especially to them that have been the enablers and facilitators of evil.
“”Those who cried out and yet were dismissed, and those who were blamed for their own wounds, while the wolves were defended and protected.””
I used to visit churches as a Connector. God gave me a gift of being able to read inside of people. I was painfully aware of what is described in this posting. As I read this posting, tears fell and fell, such grief as I was talking to the Father about how He has to see it in such greater volume…
I pray Resurrection, Restoration, Recompense… to the Sheep sorely affected, that God would encounter them, drench them in His Love, Understanding, Insight…
https://www.hiskingdomprophecy.com/a-sobering-prophetic-warning-to-the-church/
This is happening now. The only people exalted above the corrupt apostles are their own children. Watch every ministry racking up offerings for personal wealth. Their children are seated in high places and are praised for their excellence with no evidence.
What has been exposed is but a speck. I am one of the victims of a false prophetic ministry. They used prophecy to bury their own actions and I saw them flip the truth upside down daring to use the Lords name in vain.