Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Should not shepherds feed the sheep?

Along with a few colleagues, I attend a bible study session every Wednesday during lunch-time. Actually, it's more of listening to Pastor David Pawson's teaching on video in a room. The past three weeks were on Ezekiel. Today, this part spoke to me and I think it is still relevant today. Being followers of Christ, we're called to ministry wherever He has placed us. 


Ezekiel 34:1-6

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? 3You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep. The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them. So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered; they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them.

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