What Better Purpose Is There? Living a Life of Sacred Pace in the Marketplace

The modern marketplace runs on speed. Quarterly targets, growth charts, and performance metrics tell us whether we are winning or falling behind. Jason Lee operates in that world every day as Vice President at Exponent Prosperity Accelerator Advisors, helping privately held business owners navigate wealth strategy, legacy planning, and the long arc of their businesses.

Yet the framework that shapes how he works looks different from the one most professionals are taught to follow. For Jason, prosperity is not simply about financial independence. It is about living and working with purpose, guided by faith, and moving through the marketplace at what he calls a sacred pace.

Faith First, Even in the Details

Before client meetings or financial models begin, Jason starts his day quietly. Time with God comes first, followed by a simple but powerful habit of inviting Him into the business of the day.

“I start my day with quiet time and hand it over to Him,” Jason explains. That practice does more than provide spiritual grounding. It changes how he carries the pressure of business. When outcomes are no longer his to control, the anxiety around them begins to loosen its grip.

“It gives me the capacity to not feel like all I have to do is work,” he says. “If my calendar changes or something unexpected happens, I don’t panic. I just trust that the results are taken care of.”

Recently, a series of morning meetings cancelled unexpectedly. Earlier in his career, that disruption would have triggered a scramble to refill the time and chase productivity. Instead, Jason stepped outside and went for a walk.

“I could tell I was burned out,” he says. “So I went on a nature walk with God.”

In a profession often driven by urgency, that shift reflects something deeper than time management. It reflects a belief that the work ultimately belongs to someone else.

Managing the Process, Not the Outcome

Much of Jason’s approach to business was influenced by Terry Looper’s book Sacred Pace. The idea reshaped how he thinks about goals and performance.

Like most professionals, Jason still fills out the required goal sheets at work. Targets exist. Metrics exist. Contests and benchmarks still happen. Internally, however, he holds those numbers loosely.

“I manage the process and let the goal fill itself in,” he explains.

That perspective might sound counterintuitive in a results driven profession, but for Jason it removes an enormous amount of pressure. He cares deeply about serving clients well and doing excellent work. What he refuses to carry is the burden of controlling the final outcome.

“If you ask whether I’m going to make the calls and do the work, the answer is yes. I’ll do that all day. But whether the number gets hit? That part isn’t up to me.”

Ironically, releasing control over results has led to more abundance than he ever imagined.

When Business Becomes Ministry

Working closely with successful entrepreneurs has also given Jason a front row seat to how faith shapes leadership inside companies. Many of his clients run profitable businesses, but they see those companies as something more than a financial engine.

“They view their business as a form of ministry,” Jason says.

Some take their teams on mission trips where construction crews rebuild communities while serving alongside local ministries. Others cultivate cultures rooted in generosity, humility, and genuine care for their people. In those environments, faith is rarely forced or performative. Instead, it is experienced through the way leaders treat those around them.

“I’ve seen employees come to know the Lord simply because of the culture they were working in,” Jason says.

Financial generosity often follows the same pattern. Rather than thinking about giving in terms of percentages or formulas, many of these leaders think in terms of stewardship.

“They don’t really ask what percentage they should give,” Jason explains. “They ask what’s needed.”

Sometimes the results are remarkable. In one meeting, a client described a financial gap tied to a charitable initiative they cared deeply about. As the group discussed the numbers, Jason ran a quick calculation. The investment required to fund the initiative permanently would generate enough interest to cover the need indefinitely.

“The number was already there,” he says. “We didn’t orchestrate that. It just showed up in the meeting.”

Moments like that remind him why he loves the work. “I love when God shows up like that.”

Building People, Not Just Businesses

Outside of his professional role, Jason devotes significant time to discipling other men. For him, discipleship is not a program or a weekly study. It is life on life investment.

“Discipleship means doing life with someone,” he explains. “Walking through marriage, money, pain, coping mechanisms, all the hard things together and pointing each other back to God.”

One of the ways he creates those spaces is through prayer breakfasts where men gather to talk openly about the challenges they are carrying. When given the opportunity, Jason says many men discover they are not as alone as they thought.

“When you create a place where guys can be vulnerable, they realize they’ve been carrying things they’ve never talked about,” he says.

For Jason, those conversations represent some of the most meaningful work he does.

An Eternal Perspective

Jason came to faith about ten years ago. Before that, much of his life was spent searching. Like many ambitious professionals, he devoured books on leadership, success, and personal growth.

“All of it was about moving from point A to point B,” he says. “But I was still asking the same question: What’s next?”

Faith did not remove the challenges of life. If anything, Jason is quick to say that struggle is part of the human experience.

“You’re going to fight for your marriage, your health, your success. From the day you’re born until the day you die.”

The difference, he says, is what you believe the fight is for.

“You can fight believing this life is all there is. Or you can fight knowing there’s something much bigger waiting and a power available to you right now.”

That realization changed how he sees everything, including the books that once filled his shelves. When he rereads many of them today, their ideas sound familiar in a different way.

“They’re basically principles of walking with Jesus,” he says with a smile. “Just packaged differently.”

And when he reflects on the purpose that now drives his life and work, the conclusion feels simple.

“What better purpose is there than knowing there’s someone who created all of this and that we get to go to work every day serving Him?”