“Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria; Your nobles rest in the dust. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and no one gathers them” (Nahum 3:18). 

The sheep have wandered away from the fold, each sheep in search of greener pastures. Because each has gone its own way, they are prey to the attacks of animals that make food of them. It is not the disobedience of the sheep, but the silence of the shepherds who are asleep and their leaders. There is no warning, nor guidance given to the straying sheep. Shepherds must remain awake and actively protect their sheep from predators and getting lost. It is the voice of the Shepherd who never sleeps that guides the under-shepherds. They too are sheep and it is required that they be awakened to righteousness. This is the time for gathering those who would be gathered, not gathered to a spectacular event or to a personality. The truth must be the clarion call, a rallying cry to all who name the name of Jesus Christ. Deception is rampant today and many are misguided and apathetic. The song of the world has lulled them to sleep, while the awakened sheep have gone astray. Pray that the alarm will be heard among leaders and people that leaders would wake up, and that the people would respond to the call.