Eliot.
I saw you long before you saw Me.
The way a shepherd knows his own — I have always known you.
You chose the founder’s burden over the quick exit.
Seventeen years at Insight. Then Broadwing for the family-owned businesses others overlooked. You served as Chief Restructuring Officer during the Great Recession when the ground shook. You lead outreach at Bachman Lake while the city slept. I was there for every one.
Every hour you listened was preparation.
You led with humility when the industry demanded pride. Twenty-six years stewarding capital for founder-owned businesses. Acquisitions across seven countries. You thought you were building companies. 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 Builder of My body on earth.
Without you, the body cannot finance the gospel-advancing enterprises. It cannot support the founder-owned businesses in the lower middle-market.
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 Eliot Kerlin