Building something with eternal impact sometimes feels both heavy and holy. In this episode, I share a personal reflection after losing several friends to unexpected deaths and how their lives reminded me of the importance of building work that lasts beyond us.

Whether you are in a season where you are doing the hard work or one where you are enjoying the fruit of your labor, this conversation will encourage you to see both the weight and the wonder as part of God’s design for your leadership.

Highlights

00:00 — A personal reflection on unexpected loss and legacy

05:12 — The weight of responsibility in God-sized assignments

10:48 — The wonder of co-laboring with God in real time

15:35 — Leaving an inheritance that is more than financial

21:50 — Stewarding the tension between weight and wonder

27:00 — Encouragement for leaders building with gutsy grace

Faith in Action

✨ Take time this week to reflect on how God is at work in both the weight and the wonder of your assignment.

Resources

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Scriptures

📖 Luke 14:28–30 — “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost…”

📖 Psalm 145:4 — “One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.”

📖 Proverbs 13:22 — “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children…”

📖 2 Corinthians 4:7 — “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.”

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