The Kingdom Businessman Blueprint - Phase 2: Restoring the Broken Framework
Welcome back to my series of posts titled "The Kingdom Businessman Blueprint."
In Phase 1 (click to read previous post), we laid the foundation by recognizing that God has called us to build, lead, and create with purpose. But what happens when we look at our business, leadership, or life and realize that things have already started to crumble? What if the foundation we’ve been building on is cracked? Before we can move forward, we need to address what’s broken—because God doesn’t just build, He restores.
A few years ago, I drove past a construction site in downtown Miami where a brand-new residential building was supposed to go up. The project had started strong—blueprints were approved, steel beams were raised—but then something went wrong. A flaw in the foundation was discovered, forcing the entire project to halt. Months passed, and instead of a towering structure, all that remained was an abandoned, unfinished framework.
I later found out that the foundation had cracks that made the entire structure unsafe. The only solution? Tear it down and start again.
This is where many Christian businessmen find themselves in life and business. We start with big dreams, but somewhere along the way, things start to fall apart. Maybe it’s a failed business, a broken marriage, or a spiritual disconnect that’s left you feeling like your foundation isn’t strong enough to keep building.
But here’s the truth: God specializes in restoring broken frameworks.
WE'VE ALL GIVEN UP SOMETIMES
Too many businessmen feel like they’ve already failed beyond repair. We've all made bad financial decisions that wrecked our business plans in one way or another. We've all made mistakes in leadership, in marriage, or in fatherhood that we don’t know how to fix. We've all lost confidence—in ourselves, in our calling, and even in God’s plan for our life.
When a man loses hope along his entrepreneurial journey, he stops building. He checks out. He stops running the race.
We see this all the time. Men give up on their dreams. They give up on their families. They check out of church. They stop believing that what they’re building even matters.
This isn’t new. In Ezekiel’s time, Israel had completely abandoned God. Their land was ruined, their leadership was corrupt, and their entire culture was built on the wrong foundation. They had allowed idols—false gods, false priorities—to replace their devotion to God.
And what did God do? He let everything collapse.
GOD WANTS TO LIFT US BACK UP
Ezekiel 36:16-18 says:
"The word of the Lord came to me: 'Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions. Their conduct was like a woman’s monthly uncleanness in my sight. So I poured out my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.'"
God didn’t destroy Israel out of anger—He allowed their failures to expose their broken foundation.
Sometimes, God allows businesses, business deals, and business partnerships to fall apart to reveal what was wrong with the structure to begin with.
A business built on greed will eventually collapse.
A marriage built on selfishness will start to crack.
A life built on chasing success instead of God’s purpose will eventually leave a man empty and frustrated.
The good news? God doesn’t just tear down—He rebuilds!
Later in Ezekiel 36, God promises to restore His people—but first, they have to remove the idols that weakened their foundation.
An idol isn’t just a golden statue. An idol is anything that takes priority over God in business and life.
For some men, their idol is success. They build their identity around their business, and when it fails, they feel like they’ve failed as a man.
For others, their idol is control. They try to hold everything together in the company on their own strength, refusing to let God take the lead.
For some, their idol is comfort. They don’t want to make the hard choices as a leader, so they stay in cycles of mediocrity.
If you want God to restore what’s broken, you have to clear out what’s been weakening your structure.
TEAR DOWN WHAT'S BROKEN
Take a hard look at your life and business: What’s been holding you back?
Is there a failure you haven’t recovered from?
Are you stuck in a cycle of disappointment, afraid to build again?
Are there priorities in your life that have taken the place of God?
The first step to rebuilding your framework is surrender.
God won’t force you to change. But if you hand Him the broken pieces, He will restore what was lost. He will rebuild you stronger. He will make your business, your leadership, and your life stand on solid ground.
But you have to let go of what’s weakening your foundation.
WE'RE CALLED TO REBUILD
Imagine what would happen if men stopped giving up and started rebuilding. Imagine if we refused to let failure define us and instead let God reshape us into stronger leaders, husbands, and business owners.
That’s what Kingdom Businessmen do. We don’t quit. We don’t settle. We build again.
But before we move forward, there’s one more critical step: Taking action.
It’s not enough to hope for a better foundation. You have to lay the first brick.
And that’s exactly what we’ll cover next in Phase 3: Laying the First Brick - because a blueprint means nothing if you don’t start building.
See you in the next phase.
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