Let Judgment Begin with the Shepherds

God is righteous and His judgments are sure. Judgment begins at the church and there is no better place to start than with the shepherds of the flock. For the most part Christians go where their shepherds lead.  Many shepherds are not equipping Christians under their responsibility properly and/or are leading them astray.  For the most part they are equipping and teaching them by the standards, traditions and doctrines of their particular group and/or by the standards of the world rather than by the Spirit and whole counsel of God. Thank God for the few who are faithful to Jesus Christ and His word rightly divided.

I am asking the Lord Jesus to judge all of His shepherds beginning with me and to bring heavy conviction upon those who are not true to Jesus and His word rightly divided. If there are any shepherds who do not repent accordingly, then I am asking the Lord Jesus to replace them with shepherds after His own heart who will minister only the word rightly divided and will do so with an anointing that comes only by the Holy Spirit.

Speaking of anointing, there is a world of difference between personality and anointing, and a world of difference between enthusiasm and anointing.  Let the Spirit of God teach Christians the difference so that they choose their shepherds according to the Lord’s standards and not the world’s standards.