The Greedy Shepherds and the Famished Flock

As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
-Ezekiel 34:8

How long, oh Lord will our soul hungers for your comfort? Behold, there is famine in the land and your shepherds have gone astray. Suddenly, the sheepfold became a pile of rotten logs and the pasture once green is now barren. The silent water that flows dried out and your flock were thirsty under the scorched heat of the sun. How long, oh Lord, will this end?

Woe unto you, oh ministers of God! For you have forgotten your first love! Aren't you're called to fed the flock of the Almighty? Where were you then in the days of trouble? Yea, you did shout in the midst of synagogue but preaching worldly gain. Woe unto you, oh shepherds of the saints! For you have ran greedily in the error of Balaam (Jude 11)! Aren't you the keeper of the sheepfold of God? Where were you then in the days of calamity? Yea, you did preach to the whole congregation but teaching the doctrine of Mammon (money).

Shame on you who are called the ministers of the Most High! For you have led the faithless sheep to their own destruction. Exchanging their money (as indulgence) for the deliverance of their soul out of eternal damnation. Shame on you who are called on that higher calling from the Lord! For you think that the will of God leads to riches and gratification of your own greed. Exchanging the gospel of Christ to the earthbound heretical doctrine of prosperity.

Tell me now, oh man, who is your God (for no man can serve two masters)? Was it the Lord or money? For where your treasure is, there your heart also (Matthew 6:21). Thus, you can't serve both God and Mammon (Matthew 6:24). However, the Lord knows his sheep, they have heard him and do follow him (John 10:27).

Though we are bound to live in your kingdom, oh Father, yet we are loosed on earth. That even the shepherds, yea, the very elect, have been mesmerized by the riches and comfort the world can offer. We beseech you, oh Jesus our Loving Shepherd! Don't let your sheep be scattered and wander in the wilderness. Gather us together in your sheepfold having one Spirit, one heart, one mind and one calling. That together we will stand firm in faith and your name shall be proclaimed in the four winds of the earth.