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Out From the Sheepfold

A couple years ago, my life was formless and void—covered in darkness. Depression weighed heavy, direction felt distant, and everything around me seemed like chaos. But now, as I quietly celebrate the release of my first book, I’m drawn to one line in Scripture that sums it all up:

"I took you from the sheepfold..." – 2 Samuel 7:8

God spoke those words to David, reminding him that before the throne, before the crown, before anyone saw his value—God saw him. God took him. And I can’t help but say the same. I didn’t climb out of that pit. I didn’t figure it all out. He took me. He brought me out.

This isn’t about bragging—it’s about bearing witness. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10). What He’s done for one, He’s able and willing to do for another. So let this post encourage you if you’re still in your sheepfold season—or remind you, if you’ve already come out, of the One who brought you through.

What the Sheepfold Can Represent

1. Obscurity and Isolation
The sheepfold is hidden. It’s not a platform—it’s a pasture. It can feel like no one sees you or values what you carry. But it’s often the place God chooses to visit first.

2. Preparation and Humility
It’s where David learned to lead, protect, and be faithful in the small things. Your current season might feel insignificant, but it’s preparing you for something bigger.

3. Dependence and Intimacy
With no audience and no noise, it’s in the sheepfold that you learn to hear God clearly. Sometimes the isolation isn’t punishment—it’s invitation.

4. Wrestling with Darkness
David fought lions and bears in the field. The sheepfold can be a battleground—where depression, fear, and doubt show up—but it’s also where courage is born.

5. Formlessness Before Formation
Just like in Genesis, where the earth was formless and void before God spoke light into being—the sheepfold season feels chaotic, but it’s pregnant with potential.

6. Hidden Obedience
It’s where you learn to be faithful when no one’s clapping. It’s where integrity grows and roots deepen.

The Promise of Being Brought Out

“I took you...”

Not you climbed out, not you figured it out, not you forced your way in.
God took David—and He takes us. Out of darkness. Out of confusion. Out of hiding. Into purpose.

Like in Genesis, He doesn’t just speak light—He separates it from the darkness. He doesn’t just create dry ground—He gathers the waters so you can stand and walk. He doesn’t just make man in His image—He forms him from the dust, breathes life into him, and gives him dominion.

This journey—from darkness to light, from wandering to fruitfulness, from being hidden to walking in the image of God—is the story behind my book, Enthroned Above the Circle of the Earth. And it’s the testimony of Jesus in my life.

If you’re still in the sheepfold: stay faithful. He sees you. He’s forming you.

If you’ve been brought out: never forget Who did it.

It wasn’t you. It was Him.

He took you.

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