You'll drop everything for a text from your boss at 9 o'clock at night. But God's been nudging you on the same thing for months — maybe years — and you act like you can't hear Him.
That gap right there is what this episode is about.
In this episode of the Words of Encouragement Podcast, Frankie Lubin (Mr. Made Different) gets honest about the fear every working man carries: saying no at your job feels like career suicide. So you say yes to every shift, every project, every "hey, can you just" — and go home with nothing left for the very people you're doing it for. You become a yes-man at work and a no-man to your own kids. Yes to the overtime. No to the game. Yes to the boss. No to the practice, the PTA meeting, the things that matter in their world.
Frankie opens up about leaving his stable nine-to-five after his second daughter was born — the hour-and-a-half drive each way, three hours a day gone, the nights he thought he'd made a mistake, and the faint whisper of the Holy Spirit saying "bear with me, I got you." He talks about the deeper fear of the self-employed man who doesn't have one boss but a dozen — every client, every customer. And he admits the thing he couldn't shake: he'd wake at 3am with no problem for his job, but couldn't hold that same time for God.
Anchored in Colossians 3:23-24 — work as unto the Lord, not for human masters — and the story of Daniel, who gave the empire his excellence but never gave it his worship. Work hard. Be the best they got. But when the job asks for what belongs to God — your time, your integrity, your family, your soul — that's where you draw the line.
Your boss signs your check. He doesn't sign your breath.
You weren't made to be scared of a man. You were made different.
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 — The gap: quick to say yes to your boss, quiet with God
01:40 — Welcome / the mission
02:30 — I'm talking to that man (the callouts)
05:00 — Why I left my nine-to-five after my daughter was born
08:00 — The bigger fear of the self-employed man
12:30 — Faith over fear: seek the kingdom first
14:50 — Colossians 3:23-24
15:20 — What that yes at work is really costing you
17:00 — How to actually say no to your boss
18:30 — Daniel: excellence without worship
20:00 — Yes-man at work, no-man to your kids
25:00 — Closing prayer
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