I saw something the other day that impacted me deeply.

I was over at a friend’s house in LA when his son called. I couldn’t hear the whole conversation, but I caught something that moved me: his son asked him to pray for him. I knew this because I heard my friend say “Right now?” and then immediately begin to pray. And all I could think was , wow.

His son is 14 years old.

That moment made me smile, and honestly, it stuck with me. My friend is a single father raising his son, and right now, his son is visiting his mother for the summer. A few days before he had to start his new job, he called his father,  not for money, but for prayer. Man. That still gets me.

A Black father and a Black son.

We don’t see enough of that. And I know the scene well,  my dad primarily raised me, so I can relate. But it’s not something you see often enough, and it deserves to be highlighted.

After he got off the phone, I had to ask,  “Did your son just ask you to pray for him?”

He said, “Yeah.”

I said, “Man, that is so dope.”

Then I asked, “Where’d he get a job?”

And what he said hit me just as hard: “Somebody who owns a business. His mom helped him get it.”

Entrepreneurship.

Can you imagine what happens when a 14-year-old gets a taste of entrepreneurship that early? Especially if he fully embraces it and understands what it is,  that somebody took an idea from their imagination, walked it out in faith, and made it real. Now, because of that idea, this young man has a job and is earning money.

That’s wild. That’s purpose. That’s legacy.

For me, it always comes back to this:

God gives us the power to get wealth.

He gives us the ability to imagine and create.

He gives us vision, faith, and the principles to walk it out.

So now, I’m praying for his son too,  not just that he makes a little money, but that God stirs up whatever He planted in him. That he dreams something up. That he writes it out. That he starts planning and thinking and imagining. That it begins to consume him in the best way.

To all my entrepreneurs out there:

Be encouraged.

You are the innovators. The go-getters.

One day, someone will work for you.

And what you create might just change the entire trajectory of their life.

Keep going.

God Bless The Entrepreneur®️