Kyle Draper

I heard an incredible sermon about Samuel anointing David...

When God told Samuel to go to Bethlehem to find the next king, Samuel didn’t know who he was looking for...

When he arrives, he approaches the oldest son because he “looked like a king.” But God said, no, not him.

Samuel goes down the line and with each son that looks the part, God says no. Finally, Samuel asks if there are any sons missing...

Jacob replies, yes, the youngest (the original text says smallest) is in the fields with the sheep.

When Samuel sees David, God tells him that he’s the one and this is where we see this verse...

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” - 1 Samuel 16:7

The whole sermon was about what we see as small, God sees as big. And sometimes what we see as big, God sees as small.

He ended the sermon by saying, “wait for David.”

Your situation may not look the way you want it to...
You may feel undervalued at work...
You may be single feeling like the right person isn’t out there...
You may watch those around you succeed and you feel stuck...

WAIT FOR DAVID! Your time is coming...what you see as small, God sees as big!

What a powerful message! I’m feeling so encouraged! Because all the things in my life that I’ve claimed as insignificant are much, much bigger in HIS eyes!

I just sent this to my friend that I’m flying to see in South Dakota! He’s bringing me in to speak to a room full of realtors!

How did this happen? On a random FaceTime call!

Why did I send him this picture? Because it keeps our relationship real and fun!

We take work way too seriously these days!

You better not automate the humanity out of what you do. It’s your humanity that keeps people coming back and telling their friends!

Today is going to be so fun! I’ll be on the ground in SD for less than four hours, then back to DFW to tuck my kids in bed!

Main Character Syndrome is at the center of our conversation today. I pray people are encouraged and challenged to make everything they do about the people they serve, not themselves.

Leadership and Support Staff meeting!

I love getting to pour into our team!

They are slowly but surely starting to believe that they are leaders!

So many people use VAs to simply check boxes, we build them up to be more than that!

We announced our Philippines trip dates for 2027 and I’m and beyond pumped about it!

Hugging our VAs is something I can’t hardly wait for!

Are you using a VA? If so, how? If not, why not?!

Lots of learning happening today!

We just started our first Ai Summit of 2026!

I learn so much from Shane every time we do one of these!

Do you want info on when we do the next one? DM me!