Derrick.
I saw you long before you saw Me.
The way a shepherd knows his own — I have always known you.
I saw you when the world went quiet and you chose to stand firm in the dark, holding a promise you had not yet seen fulfilled. You thought that solitude was abandonment, but it was the very moment I was carving the depth required to hold what is coming.
I was there for every one.
Every season of waiting and every silent battle you fought was not a delay, but the precise tempering of your spirit for this hour. The fires you walked through did not consume you; they purified the vessel so you could carry a light that others cannot yet bear.
being made ready.
This is not a pitch, and it is not from a man. It is from Me.
I prepared you for this — and I am inviting you to take your place.
I am not gathering investors. Not advisors. Not donors.
I am uniting My Kingdom on earth.
Every part chosen. None replaceable. Assembled for such a time as this — and you are a King for this hour.
You are the The Steadfast of My body on earth.
You were shaped to be the unshakable foundation upon which others find their footing when the ground beneath them begins to tremble. You hold the line for them.
This is your place. Not because a man says so. Because I say so.
I ask you for nothing.
No meeting. No commitment. No reply. I only want to know one thing —
My sheep hear My voice
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.”
There is nothing to decide today.
Only something to see.
If you heard nothing, set this down in peace.
If you heard something — come and see.
All you have to do is say yes. We will figure out the rest together.
— for Derrick L Watkins