Weeks earlier, this CEO had walked through every worst case scenario he could imagine. The numbers didn't work. The runway was short. He was praying like a man who had run out of options, because he had.

Then the contract came in. Things stabilized.

God answered.

And he stopped pursuing.

You are on life support. You cry out. God moves. And within a week, the relationship that felt like oxygen in the crisis feels optional in the calm.

This is not a new problem.

Moses saw it coming before Israel ever set foot in the promised land. And it played out exactly as he warned. Uzziah is one of many Israelite kings fall to this trap.

We see this pattern played over again and again where these kings turn to God in their darkest times only to abandon God in their pride during bountiful times.

It’s so easy when we are no longer in crisis to trace every blessing straight back to ourselves. My work. My discipline. My relationships. My hustle. I supplied all my needs.

So God goes back in the emergency box. Sealed up, ready for the next time the perceived need is bigger than I am.

The people I've watched do this well all share one thing. They have an almost stubborn focus on today.

They are asking what God has given them today, and what obedience looks like today, and who they can serve today. They receive today's provision as today's provision, not as proof of their own competence.

And in the Lord’s prayer, Jesus instructs us to pray.

They truly depend on God daily. Their relationship with God and identity in God do not change depending on today’s success or failures. They have a spirit of thankfulness for the grace upon grace that has been given today. Contentment has come from surrendering their plans to God, truly believing that God knows better than they do. So they focus on what has been given to them today as it was given to them for a purpose.

We sometimes confuse contentment with complacency. They are not the same thing. God does place holy ambition on the hearts of the people he calls. He puts entrepreneurs in unique positions to solve enormous problems and to honor him in the solving.

However, when focus too much on what we haven’t achieved yet, you will constantly be discontent with today. We must trust that what we have in front of us serves God’s purposes and is preparing us for the future work God has for us. And that those purposes are so much more that what we can imagine. That might mean your startup never gets purchased by Elon Musk and we can say praise God because we are still serving his will.

Here’s a few questions to consider to help orient you today.

Father God,

I lift up those who read this newsletter today. May they find their daily bread in you. You are enough for us. We are so grateful for your constant presence and that we have a God who deeply understands his children.

May you be Anchored in Christ!

Jacob Dyke - Executive Coach @ Anchor Coaching

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