You're responsible for faithfulness, not results—that's God's job.

Jason had done everything right. He'd prepared the pitch for months. The proposal was solid. The client meeting went well. But when the decision came back, they chose someone else.

Jason sat in his car in the parking lot, gripping the steering wheel. He'd worked so hard. He'd prayed over this deal. And it fell through anyway.

His mentor's words came back to him: "Jason, you're responsible for faithfulness. God's responsible for results."

It felt like a cop-out at first. But then he read Psalm 37:5-6: "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this." The promise wasn't that God would give Jason the deal. The promise was that if Jason committed his way to the Lord and trusted Him, God would handle the outcome—whatever that looked like.

Jason realized he'd been treating God like a vending machine: I'll be faithful, You give me success. But that's not how it works. Faithfulness isn't a transaction. It's obedience, regardless of results.

He prayed a different prayer: "God, I did my best. I was faithful. The outcome is Yours. If this deal wasn't supposed to happen, show me what You're doing instead."

Two weeks later, a different opportunity opened—one he never would have pursued if he'd landed the first deal. It was better aligned with his skills and values. And it came with less stress and more margin for his family.

Jason learned: when you trust God with outcomes, you stop white-knuckling results. You do your work faithfully, release control, and watch God work in ways you couldn't engineer.

Identify one outcome you're trying to control at work (a deal, a promotion, a project result). Pray this: "God, I commit this to You. I'll be faithful with my part. The outcome is Yours." Then let it go and trust Him.

Father, help me release my grip on outcomes. I want to control results, but that's not my job. My job is faithfulness. Yours is results. Give me peace to trust You with what I can't control.

In Jesus' name, Amen.