Ben.
I saw you long before you saw Me.
The way a shepherd knows his own — I have always known you.
You chose the study while the market rushed.
Wheaton College for the foundation—pursuing M.Div. at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School while the world sought speed. Serving on the West Side of Chicago while others sought acclaim. I was there for every late night.
The tension of wealth and calling was preparation.
You navigated the Heron Group and led RE:WORK Training. You asked how to reckon with wealth and ambition while others sought only growth. You thought you were guiding resources. 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 body cannot connect the sanctuary to the marketplace. My work in Faith & Work Chicago needs your shape. It cannot guide the resources to the need without your 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 Ben Nussbaum