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What happens when God gives you a promise, but the fulfillment seems further away than ever?

You've prayed. You've surrendered. You've said yes to the calling. But instead of doors opening, you find yourself waiting, questioning, and wondering if you heard God correctly.

In episode three of our five-part series, The Making of a Calling, we're walking through the life of David—from the sheep fields to the caves and ultimately to the throne.

David was anointed to be king long before he ever wore the crown. Along the way, he faced rejection, betrayal, uncertainty, and opportunities to take matters into his own hands. But God wasn't just preparing a throne for David. He was preparing David for the throne.

What if the season you're trying so hard to get out of is the very season God is using to prepare you?

In this episode, we explore what it means to trust God's timing, remain faithful when nobody is watching, recognize shortcuts disguised as opportunities, and find strength in the Lord when everything seems to be falling apart.

For entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders navigating seasons of waiting, this conversation is a reminder that your calling isn't measured by how quickly you arrive, but by who you're becoming along the way.

Questions to Reflect On

As you listen, take some time to ask yourself:

1. What promise am I tempted to grab with my own hands instead of trusting God to fulfill?
2. Who around me is calling a shortcut "God's timing"? Am I doing that myself?
3. Is my conscience bothered by any seemingly small compromise I'm considering right now?
4. What does faithfulness look like in my current season of waiting?
5. When things fall apart, do I seek strength and direction from God first, or do I immediately try to fix everything myself?

Scripture References

1 Samuel 16–17, 1 Samuel 22, 1 Samuel 24, 1 Samuel 26, 1 Samuel 30, 2 Samuel 5, Psalm 57, and James 1.

Remember: Your cave can become your classroom. God may be developing the very character, faith, and leadership you'll need for what He's called you to do.

You don't have to force what God has promised. Be faithful where you are, trust His timing, and allow Him to do the work in you before He does the work through you.

The Making of a Calling is a five-part journey exploring how God prepares, shapes, and equips those He calls to lead.

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What happens when everything you've relied on begins to fall apart? When your plans no longer make sense, your strength runs out, and God asks you to trust Him without showing you what comes next?

In Episode 2 of The Making of a Calling, we're talking about the breaking of self-reliance and what it means to surrender control and truly depend on God.

Through the powerful story of Ruth and Naomi, we explore how obedience doesn't always come with clarity, security, or a backup plan. Sometimes faith means taking the next step simply because you trust the One leading you.

As entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders, we're often celebrated for our ability to figure things out, solve problems, and keep moving forward. But what happens when our own abilities become the very things we're depending on instead of God?

In this episode, we'll unpack the difference between responsibility and self-reliance, why seasons of loss don't mean God has abandoned us, and how He can be working in ways we cannot yet see.

Because sometimes God allows us to come to the end of ourselves so we can discover what it truly means to rely on Him.

Questions to Ask Yourself This Week

• What am I relying on that God never promised me?
• Where have I been calling self-reliance "stewardship"?
• What would obedience look like if I had no backup plan?
• Is there a Naomi in my life I'm called to stay with?
• Where am I still leaning on myself instead of God?

Scripture References

Ruth 1 | 2 Corinthians 1:8–9 | 2 Corinthians 4:8–9

A Final Encouragement

Ruth and Naomi returned to Bethlehem just as the barley harvest was beginning. They couldn't see everything God was preparing, but the story was already turning.

Maybe you're in a season where you can't see the harvest yet. Maybe you're being asked to obey without knowing the outcome.

Keep trusting. Keep walking. God is not finished.

Join us at Watchpost Partners as we continue exploring how God shapes, prepares, and equips us for the calling He's placed on our lives.

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Sometimes saying yes to God doesn’t immediately bring clarity—it brings separation.

In Part 1 of The Making of a Calling, Ashley shares what it looks like when God begins loosening our grip on old identities, definitions of success, relationships, habits, or ways of doing things before we fully understand what He is leading us toward.

Separation isn’t always about leaving something behind. Sometimes God keeps you in the same place while changing your heart, your motives, and who governs your decisions.

As you listen, ask yourself:

• What is pulling my heart away from wholehearted devotion to Christ?
• What identity am I afraid to lose?
• Am I following God—or simply running from discomfort?
• What would faithfulness look like if no one applauded?
• What am I trying to force because I’m afraid to wait?

You may not know what God is building yet. Sometimes the first step in discovering your calling is being willing to release what can no longer define you.

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Last week I told you the three chapters. This week I'm telling you the pattern underneath all of them — every time I had a choice between the unknown path God was leading me toward and the known path where I stayed in control, I chose control. Every time. For years.

Sit with these this week:
 🔹 Where are you choosing the path you already know and control over the path God is actually leading you toward?
 🔹 When God enlarges something in your life, do you ask Him to keep His hand on it — or do you quietly take it and run?
 🔹 What would it look like to stay exactly where you are and let God change your heart's posture instead of changing your circumstances?

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"Called, Not Self-Made" | Week 1: Leadership

Every leader is called before they're capable — but once success shows up, it's easy to quietly swap the story from "God called me" to "I built this." This week I'm getting honest about the three times God had to shake that loose in me (the agency, the almost-stolen company, the loan that led to a rebrand I didn't see coming).

Sit with these this week:
 🔹 Where have you been operating off self-appointment instead of God's calling?
 🔹 What's the "familiar" you need to leave to follow where God's leading?
 🔹 Who confirms your calling — God, or your results?

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What if financial freedom isn't really about having more money—but about having a heart fully surrendered to God?

In this episode of Watchpost Partners | Christian Business Leadership, Ashley Nutter sits down with Matt Morizio, founder of Reconstructing Wealth and former professional baseball player with the Kansas City Royals organization. After his baseball career came to an unexpected end, God began leading Matt down a completely different path—one that combined entrepreneurship, financial planning, and discipleship.

Today, Matt helps business owners and families think beyond dollars and investments. While he is not a financial advisor, he has built a firm centered on helping clients steward their finances in a way that aligns with God's calling on their lives. Rather than focusing only on numbers, Matt believes true wealth begins in the heart.

Together, Ashley and Matt have an honest conversation about:

• How God often redirects our plans into a greater purpose.
• Why entrepreneurship reveals what's really in our hearts.
• The importance of leading your family before leading your business.
• How money can become an idol if we're not careful.
• What biblical stewardship really looks like.
• Making major business decisions through prayer, quietness, and dependence on God.
• Why significance matters more than worldly success.
• How our businesses become one of God's greatest tools for shaping our character.

This conversation is an encouraging reminder that the businesses we've been entrusted with are more than income-producing machines—they're discipleship opportunities. As Christian leaders, our greatest responsibility isn't simply building successful companies; it's becoming faithful stewards of everything God has placed in our hands.

Whether you're an entrepreneur, business owner, leader, or simply someone seeking to honor God with your finances, this episode will challenge you to think differently about wealth, leadership, and legacy.

Key Takeaway:
Your finances are a reflection of your heart. When your identity is rooted in Christ instead of your business or bank account, you're free to steward your resources with confidence, generosity, and eternal purpose.

If this episode encouraged you, be sure to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with another business leader who desires to honor God through their work.

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Everyone talks about finding your "why," but what happens when your heart slowly drifts away from it?

In this episode of the Watchpost Partners Podcast, we explore why leadership doesn't begin with a title—it begins with the heart of the leader. Whether you're leading in your home, your business, your workplace, or your church, the condition of your heart will always shape the people you influence.

Using Proverbs 4:23, Psalm 78:72, and other biblical principles, we'll unpack the questions every leader should regularly ask:

• Why did I begin?
• What motivates me today?
• Who am I becoming?
• Has my heart drifted from the reason God placed me here?
• Am I building God's Kingdom... or my own?

If you're feeling burned out, discouraged, distracted, or simply want to lead with greater purpose and integrity, this episode is for you.

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For years, I thought God was building my business.

Looking back, I realize He was building me.

In this deeply personal episode, I share the story of growing up in a pastor's home, struggling to find where I fit, and how God unexpectedly gave me a business that eventually became my identity.

Then everything started to change.

As God began calling me into deeper obedience, it felt like life became more difficult. Financial pressure mounted. My blended family was under stress. My mental health was at one of its lowest points. I questioned whether I had heard God correctly, while others questioned the changes they were seeing in me.

Yet in the middle of the uncertainty, something unexpected happened...

I experienced a peace that made no sense.

In this episode, we unpack Acts 7 and Stephen's powerful message about the Temple, discovering how easy it is to find our identity in what we build instead of in the One who called us. We'll also talk about how to discern God's voice, why obedience doesn't always make life easier, and how to recognize the fruit God is producing when your circumstances don't make sense.

If you've ever wondered:

•  Am I hearing God correctly? 
•  Why does obedience sometimes feel harder? 
•  Has my business, career, or ministry become my identity? 
•  How do I know if God is changing my direction—or changing me? 

...then this episode is for you.

God may not be asking you to abandon your assignment.

He may be inviting you to rediscover your identity.

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What if the reason you can't get your business back to the way it used to be… is because God isn't trying to take you back?

As business owners, we often ask God for restoration—but if we're honest, we usually already have a picture of what we want that restoration to look like. We want the business, momentum, confidence, and clarity we used to have.

But what if the next harvest doesn't look like the one you lost?

In this episode of the Watchpost Partners Podcast, Ashley Nutter connects Joel 2:25, Acts 15:16–17, and Habakkuk 2 to explore what biblical restoration can look like in business and leadership.

Maybe you're trying to solve a spiritual season with another business strategy. Maybe you've been working harder, changing plans, and trying to rebuild something without first asking God what He's actually building.

Joel says God will restore the years the locust has eaten.

Acts says, “I will rebuild… and I will restore.”

Habakkuk reminds us to get to the watchpost and listen before writing the vision.

So here's the question:

Would you recognize God's restoration if it looked completely different from what you lost?

The next harvest may not look like the last one—but don't miss what God is growing because you're still looking backward.

🎙️ Watchpost Partners is for business owners and leaders navigating faith, leadership, purpose, stewardship, and the real weight of leading a business.

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What if the thing you're trying so hard to fix in your business… isn't actually a business problem?

As business owners, we're wired to solve problems. When something stops working, we change the strategy. We hire someone new. We spend more money. We work longer hours. We try another system, another plan, another idea.

But what happens when none of it works?

In this episode of the Watchpost Partners Podcast, Joel talks about the seasons in business when the strategies that used to work suddenly don't—and why God may be using the pressure in your business to reveal something deeper in your heart.

Maybe the question isn't simply, “How do I fix my business?”

Maybe it's time to ask:

• What area of my business am I desperately trying to control right now?

• What am I afraid will happen if I stop trying to fix it?

• Am I exhausted because business is hard—or because I'm carrying something God never asked me to carry?

• Is there something that used to work in my business that I keep trying to force to work again?

• Have I actually asked God what He's doing in this season, or have I only asked Him to make the problem go away?

• What if God is using my business to change something in me?

• If God asked me to do business differently, would I be willing to obey—even if it didn't make sense yet?

Through personal stories, real conversations with tired business owners, Scripture, and the picture of Habakkuk standing at the watchpost waiting to hear from God, this episode is an invitation to stop assuming every business problem needs another business solution.

Your business may be producing something far greater than income.

God may be using it to shape the leader, steward, and person He is calling you to become.

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