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Over time, your body develops the capacity to carry something it couldn't carry before.

I've been doing this long enough that I've developed a pretty high capacity for pressure…and I know that's I can develop strategy. I can work sixteen hours. And the results might even look pretty good.

Give me the courage to put down what belongs to another person, another season, or another version of

I'm preparing to walk the Camino de Santiago again. But this year feels different. Last year, I walked the Camino without carrying my full backpack. This year, I'm carrying it. And lately, I haven't been able to shake the feeling that there's something spiritual in that. I feel like God is preparing me to carry more. I have big dreams for my company. I genuinely believe we're just getting started. I can see a future where the company is two, three, maybe even ten times the size it is today. More revenue. More employees. More clients. More opportunities. More money. More influence. And for a long time, I think I would have looked at all of that and simply thought: More. Let's go. Let's grow. Let's build. But I'm starting to understand something. If God gives me more, I'll have to carry more. More employees means more people whose livelihoods are affected by the decisions I make. More revenue means more money to steward wisely. More leaders means becoming a better leader myself. More influence means greater responsibility for how I use it. More opportunity means needing greater discernment about what to say yes to—and probably even more importantly, what to say no to. More doesn't just require a bigger company. More requires a different me. That's what has been on my heart as I prepare for this Camino. My prayer isn't simply: "God, give me more." It's becoming: "God, prepare me to steward more." Because what good would it be for God to increase my territory faster than He increases my capacity to steward it? I've spent years thinking about how to grow businesses. Strategies. Sales. People. Systems. Marketing. Leadership. But maybe the most important preparation for the next level of my business isn't another business strategy. Maybe it's the preparation of the man leading it. That's why I'm dedicating this year's Camino to a question: Who must I become to faithfully steward what God may entrust to me next? I'm going to carry that question with me across Spain. And maybe there's something fitting about asking it with a backpack strapped to me. Because I'm beginning to realize that preparing to carry more isn't necessarily about becoming strong enough to pile more things onto my back. Some things probably need to come off. Maybe God needs to teach me to delegate more. Trust people more. Control less. Become wiser with money. Become a better husband and father. Strengthen my spiritual disciplines. Confront weaknesses in my character. Let go of things that belong to another season. Stop being necessary in places where my ego likes being necessary. Depend on Him more deeply. Jesus said: Apart from me you can do nothing. — John 15:5 That's very different from the message entrepreneurship often teaches us. Entrepreneurship says: Look how much I can build. Look how much I can handle. Look how hard I can work. Look how much I can carry. But I want the next season of my life to tell a different story: Look what God enables me to carry. And maybe that's what this Camino is really going to be about. I'm not walking across Spain asking God to give me a 10X company. I'm walking into this pilgrimage believing there may be more ahead and asking God to prepare me for His definition of more. Because His more may not just be more revenue. It may be more surrender. More wisdom. More discipline. More patience. More generosity. More fatherhood. More leadership. More obedience. More dependence on Him. And perhaps even less of some things so I have room to carry what actually matters. So this year, before I put the backpack on, I'm praying: God, prepare me for Your more—not merely my definition of more. And before You entrust me with more to carry, show me what needs to change in the man carrying it. That's what I'm taking with me on the Camino this year. We'll see what God does with it. #PreparingfortheMore

Develop leaders. Give responsibility away. Let capable people handle what they can handle. I'm documenting what I do, we're developing processes, we're building training, we're interviewing, we're Because when I release something to another person, I'm acknowledging: I am not the only person God can full of strong people…sales people I teach, operators I trust, leaders I develop, vendors I empower, Not by doing more, but by developing more people who can carry more.

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. — Psalm 139:23 I'm about to walk the Camino de Santiago with my father again…but this year I'm carrying my full 30-pound backpack for the 200-mile trek. That backpack has become a metaphor for something I've been praying about before we start. I believe there may be more ahead for me…more responsibility, more leadership, more resources to steward, and more that God may ask me to carry. So I've spent these weeks asking God to prepare me for His more. But as I get closer to leaving, my prayer is becoming simpler: God, empty my backpack. Anyone who has carried a backpack for a long distance knows that you don't pack based on what you could carry, you pack based on what is necessary. Every extra pound eventually matters. I think I've done the opposite in business sometimes. Entrepreneurs are collectors of weight. We collect opportunities, ideas, responsibilities, businesses, projects, expectations, problems, and commitments. And because we're capable of carrying a lot, we can keep adding things without stopping to ask whether they belong there. I've done that. I've carried businesses simply because I could build them. I've carried responsibilities because I knew I could do them well. I've carried things that belonged to other people because stepping in was easier than trusting them. I've even tried to carry outcomes that ultimately belonged to God. And some of those things weren't bad; that's what makes this difficult. Sometimes the heaviest things in our backpack aren't sins or obvious mistakes. They're good things that belonged to another season. Hebrews describes laying aside everything that hinders as we run the race God has marked out for us. Not everything that hinders us is necessarily evil. Sometimes it simply doesn't belong on the journey we're being called to walk now. That's what I want God to show me. I don't want to arrive at the next season carrying yesterday's assignments, someone else's responsibilities, unnecessary expectations, my need for control, or opportunities I was never called to pursue. And I don't want to decide by myself what comes out. That's why Psalm 139 has become such an important prayer: Search me, God. Not, "God, confirm that I've packed correctly." Search me and show me what I can't see. Because maybe I've spent too much of my entrepreneurial life asking God to help me carry the business backpack I've packed instead of giving Him permission to unpack it. So that's how I want to begin this Camino. Not asking God for a bigger backpack, or trying to prove how much weight I can carry, or even assuming I know what more is supposed to look like… …Just opening the bag before Him and saying Father, search me. As I bring this series to an end, all of us entrepreneurs have the opportunity to ask the Lord to search us and search our businesses. WE CAN ALL PRAY Father, show me what belongs in this next season and what doesn't. Show me what I'm carrying because of calling and what I'm carrying because of ego, fear, guilt, habit, or control. Give me the courage to put down good things when their season is over. Give me the wisdom to recognize what You've actually entrusted to me. And if my definition of "more" is different from Yours, change mine. I'm going onto this next season believing You're preparing me for more. But I'm going with open hands. Before You show me what I'm supposed to pick up next, show me what I need to put down. Amen. #PreparingForTheMore

I can examine myself…but I cannot carry responsibility for another person's heart. Because every time I delegate something important, I'm admitting…I don't have to be the person through Sometimes being the person who saves the day becomes part of our identity. HERE'S THE PARADOX I'M BEGINNING TO SEE: If God gives me more responsibility, I may actually need to personally Maybe part of becoming that next-season Godpreneur is developing the humility to say…”this isn't mine

Cultivate a Personal Relationship with God: As a Christian entrepreneur, your heart yearns for a closer This personalized approach allows you to intimately know God's heart, strengthening your bond with Him

This person only lived for himself. After dismantling the business, I saw this person sink into the darkest depression and extreme debt. It was painful to watch because I truly have a love for this person. Some of us have even been this selfish person. I know I used to approach business selfishly. This is not for personal benefit but somewhat out of "reverence for Christ."

Today, I want to talk about how important it is for entrepreneurs to develop an attitude of gratitude The Spirit-filled Christian entrepreneur is a person who is regularly thankful for what God has done in his or her business and personal life. GIVING THANKS TO GOD: Develop a habit of praising God for everything He's doing in your business.

we can't say that we do not care what others think about how we operate our businesses and live our personal Just as drinking a great deal can cause a person to be controlled by wine, focusing on the Spirit can cause a person to be filled or controlled by the Spirit.

choice: we could choose to disconnect from God's mission and purpose for us, or we could spend time on personal development, building our Kingdom businesses, and/or developing relationships with others. This makes it a little more challenging for today's developed societies to "make the most of every opportunity

From developing a God-first mindset in the Awareness stage to scaling your business in the Expand stage

practical information we can apply in our businesses, we must be careful to separate the content from the person You can’t imitate a person you know nothing about, so you must learn all you can about the Lord from

Covey suggests we all write a personal mission statement - a clear destination for our lives. So what does the Bible say about writing personal mission statements? That retreat, I wrote my personal mission statement for my business life. This is where writing a personal mission statement for your business starts to help. Imagine if all of us Godpreneurs started and frequently reviewed our personal mission statements.