There are many shepherds that are not following God’s direction.
God never wants us to fully trust in any man.
Jesus said follow Me.
He never said Follow a Shepherd.
The Shepherds are to feed the flock.
The Shepherds are to care for the flock.
Their job is to oversee us, to help us to stay on the straight and narrow road.
Jesus is the Good Shepherd.
Though the earthly Shepherds come and go and prevail and fail,
Jesus is our constant.
He is the One we look to to fulfill all of our missions while we are here on Earth.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth:
and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine.
John 10:11-14
It is of ultimate importance that we know and follow Jesus as our first and foremost Shepherd. We have no obligation to any man. They are God’s servants just like we are and we can willingly follow them to an extent, but Jesus is our main Shepherd. He is our mainstay.
If there is an adoration to a human shepherd, that can interfere with God’s plan in your life, with the relationship we have with God. Our adoration belongs to the Lord. While we respect those in authority over us, if we adore them, if we give them more honor than they deserve, that can become a problem.
I have great concern for one such church and its people. Their shepherd is leading them astray and they have not seen it yet.
I also believe that if the people are loving the truth and seeking God on their own, He will show them that the shepherd is not leading them to the truth.
We are living in times of great deception. Jesus warned us that there will be false christs and false prophets. The difficult part of that is that we become intertwined with the people, like Delilah. Samson loved Delilah and she kept deceiving him and he could not see that her love was false until it was too late.
Such is the way with false prophets. They play both sides, like a harlot.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned unto fables. 2 Timothy 4:3-4
Keep Jesus, the Good Shepherd, as your paramount Shepherd, unrivaled, supreme, the highest ranking Shepherd. Seek His face always.