Confluent.
I saw you long before you saw Me.
The way a shepherd knows his own — I have always known you.
You chose the foundation over the facade.
You removed the tradeoff between getting infrastructure right and moving fast. From Mountain View to India, you opened the cloud service when the world needed speed. I was there for every stream.
The complexity you carried was preparation.
You bore the weight of Apache Kafka and Apache Flink so others could move fast. You thought you were building pipes — 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 Streams of My body on earth.
Without you, the body cannot process the truth in real-time. The signal stalls before it reaches the broken.
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 Confluent for Startups