What if your business is not separate from your calling—but actually part of it?
In this episode of Kingdom Keys for Business, Life & Work, Gea Gort and Bill Job talk with “Jacob,” a fifth-generation Dutch entrepreneur whose family has worked in the food industry for more than 125 years.
As a teenager, Jacob sensed a call to serve God among the nations and assumed that might mean leaving business for full-time ministry. Instead, God gradually brought his calling and entrepreneurship together.
Jacob shares how his journey eventually took him to Asia, where he developed a protein-rich food business with a holistic mission. The road was far from straightforward: partnerships failed, doors closed, cultural mistakes were made, and he encountered situations where corruption was considered normal. Yet along the way, Jacob repeatedly saw unexpected people, ideas, and opportunities come together.
One of his most important practices is surprisingly simple: every Sunday morning he walks for one or two hours, praying, listening, and bringing his business before God.
The conversation explores calling, integrity, receiving ideas from God, finding the right people, and redefining profit as impact—not simply money.
Jacob’s encouragement is simple: you don’t need to anxiously search for your calling. Ask God for wisdom and guidance, walk faithfully, and trust Him to lead.
Timeline
- 00:19 Meet Jacob: fifth-generation entrepreneur
- 01:20 125 years of faith and family business
- 03:20 “Every job is a calling”
- 03:35 Smuggling Bibles behind the Iron Curtain
- 04:35 A surprising call from Acts 22
- 06:00 Staying in business instead of entering ministry
- 07:15 Growing the Dutch family business
- 07:40 The move toward Asia
- 08:10 Encountering extreme poverty and spiritual pressure
- 10:30 Business mistakes and the importance of understanding culture
- 11:40 Recognizing an old calling in a new place
- 13:10 Starting again without local partners
- 13:45 Finding employees in unexpected ways
- 14:55 Bill: trusting God for the right people
- 17:20 Seeing God’s hand in key relationships
- 18:15 Receiving business ideas from God
- 18:45 Redefining profit as impact
- 20:25 Jacob’s weekly prayer walks
- 22:15 George Washington Carver and receiving ideas from God
- 23:20 How calling becomes clearer over a lifetime
- 24:10 “Ask for guidance and God will guide you”
- 25:40 Choosing integrity when corruption is expected
- 26:30 Working for your real Master
- 27:25 Bill: relationship, trust and the “easy yoke”
- 29:00 Closing
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