2 Samuel 6-7, 1 Chronicles 17 – May 7

I love it when God says this to David, 1 Chronicles 17:7 “… I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel.”

Think about the space between following sheep and leading people. It seems too vast an expanse, but only God can fill that space to get us from sheep followers to leaders of people.

I also find it interesting that when Jesus spoke of Himself as a Shepherd in the New Testament, sheep follow Him.

 

John 10:27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;