As I was taking my shower the Lord gave me this song:
Oh Lord, we humbly beseech you
Oh Lord, we humbly beseech you
Oh Lord, we humbly beseech you
Oh Lord, what shall we do?
Oh Lord, what shall we do
Your people are crying
Your people are dying
Oh Lord, you people are starving
Oh Lord, what shall we do?
Oh Lord, I humbly beseech you
Oh Lord, I humbly beseech you
Oh Lord, I humbly beseech you
Oh Lord, what shall we do?
Oh Lord, what shall we do
Your people are crying
Your people are dying
Oh Lord, you people are starving
Oh Lord, what shall we do?
Oh Lord, we humbly beseech you
Oh Lord, what shall we do?
Oh Lord, what shall we do
Your people are crying
Your people are dying
Oh Lord, you people are starving
Oh Lord, what shall we do?
Oh Lord, won’t you tell us what to do?
(sing beginning again)
Oh Lord, tells us what shall we do?
What shall we do?
What shall we do?
The Word
There is a cry that has gone out from the people of God. They are hurting and the Lord is preparing to answer according to the word he released in Ezekiel 34. The sheep of the Lord are starving, dying and crying and he is getting ready to deal with the shepherds. The wound of the sheep are not being attended to by many shepherds. Many of God’s flock are suffering abuse from the ones who should be looking out for them and insuring their safety. But they are not.
The Lord says in verse 10, “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for my flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.”
Why is this going to happen? Because as it is stated in verse 4,You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.”
Love is missing, care and concern is absent, the Heart of God is lacking in them. And the sheep are crying out to the Lord for help and he is coming to attend to them. If you are one of the sheep that have been crying out to the Lord he has heard your cry and he is coming to attend to you. He will deal with those who have neglected and hurt. He will feed you and he will bandage you himself. Rejoice in the Lord and be glad for he will attend to you for you are his prized possession. You are a sheep of his pasture and he will ensure that you abide in safety.
There is a judgement that has been released against these shepherds. But there is also a judgement coming for the sheep, verse 20 makes this clear.” ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.”
The word tells us if we will judge ourselves we won’t have to be judged. Take time to examine yourself with the Spirit of Truth and anything that is identified by the Lord get rid of it so that judgement does not have to come to you. If you have not operated in a Christ like manner, if you have not forgiven, if you have benefited because of the abuse of others, if you have not loved as you ought…please take time to make it right before God.
1 Corinthins 11:13 says, “But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.”
