Brandon.
I saw you long before you saw Me.
The way a shepherd knows his own — I have always known you.
You chose the highwire over the easy return.
Thirteen years at Morgan Stanley and First Command, then you walked into GuideStone to guard the screens. You excluded the profitable sins—alcohol, gambling, abortion—when the market demanded otherwise. I was there for every decision.
The tension you carried was My forge.
Balancing fiduciary duty with Kingdom values is a narrow path. You thought you were securing retirement for forty-seven thousand churches. You were also 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 Steward of My body on earth.
Without you, the twenty-six billion scatters. The body cannot build with clean hands.
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 Brandon Pizzurro