When Everything Falls Apart: Jason Lansdon's Journey from Rock Bottom to Radical Faith

Jason Lansdon had climbed the corporate ladder at Aflac for over 20 years. He had the house, the promotions, the picture-perfect life. Then it all crumbled—and in that wreckage, he discovered what actually matters.

The Breaking Point

Sitting alone in his home office, Jason hit bottom. The divorce was final. The career had imploded. Everything he'd built was gone.

"I was beat down to the point where I didn't know if I could make it another day," Jason recalls. "I can sit here and say that at that point I saw the devil and I saw God. It was a tough situation, but God grabbed me and said, 'We're going to get through this.'"

While Jason wrestled with darkness, his mother—battling Parkinson's and grieving her own losses—never stopped praying. Three years ago, she asked him to take her to church. She didn't want to go alone.

He thought he was helping her. God had other plans.

The Pull You Can't Resist

Jason first experienced God's unmistakable pull at 27 during a revival service in his small-town church.

"When the Lord pulls on you, there's nothing you can do about it," he says. "I cannot remember walking up to that altar, but there was a presence pulling me that I could not resist. I knew it was my time."

He got baptized. Got active. Then slowly drifted—busy with kids, career, life. The slow fade that happens when faith becomes optional.

But returning to church with his mother reignited everything. An interim pastor who wasn't even supposed to still be alive shepherded them through transition. Then came a new pastor Jason describes as someone you can tangibly see the Lord working through.

"I realized you have to stay focused, stay in the Word, stay committed," Jason reflects. "Or you will fall away. The devil doesn't go anywhere. He stays right there."

When Faith Costs You

Jason's renewed commitment started showing up in business decisions—sometimes at significant cost.

While serving as Chief Operating Officer at a company that identified as Christian, Jason faced a crisis of conscience. Behind the religious language, he saw hypocrisy. After meeting with his pastor, he knew what he had to do—even though it would likely cost him his job.

"I couldn't support what they were doing," Jason says simply. "So I chose not to go along with the group."

Today, as co-founder of Peak Managed Services and Peak Resources, Jason has found himself in similar crossroads multiple times. "I have lost out on opportunities because of my faith and what I'm willing to do and what I'm not willing to do," he admits. "And that's okay. I have peace about that."

Living It Out Daily

Jason's faith isn't confined to Sunday mornings. Every day starts the same way: Bible open, prayer card out, reading through the New Testament with his church's 100-day challenge.

"Nothing that I have is mine," he says. "It can be taken away just like that. So I try to give as much of my time and resources to God's Kingdom as I can."

In operations, that means building relationships grounded in trust. It means creating environments where people can succeed. And it means constantly asking God for guidance in every decision.

"I want people to see my faith through their interactions with me," Jason explains. "I rely on God to show me what to say and when to do it, knowing that I represent Him."

What He'd Tell Other Leaders

Jason's advice to other Christian business leaders comes from hard-won experience:

"God will always be there, but in His timing." Just because you pray for something doesn't mean it happens on your schedule. Trust that He knows what's best.

"Make the hard decisions." There's enormous pressure to follow what society says is good. But the Bible is the only truth. When you know that inner voice—the Holy Spirit within you—is saying "do this, don't do that," listen.

"You will never fail if you do what is right." We don't really know what success or failure looks like from God's perspective. But Jason is clear: "I'd rather go through hell on earth and be with God forever than try to make this heaven and spend eternity in hell."

"Stay focused. Don't listen to the outside noise." Stay focused on God, on what He wants and needs from you. Everything else will work itself out.

The Truth About the Devil

Jason wants leaders to understand something critical: "The devil is so active in our lives every day from the time we wake up to the time we sleep. People don't realize that."

He's lived it. He's seen how subtly destruction can enter—through pride, through compromise, through small choices that compound. But he's also experienced God's grip when everything else let go.

"We're not perfect as humans," Jason says. "But stay true to God. That's the cornerstone. Everything else will work itself out."

Today, Jason serves as a deacon-in-training at the same church where he was baptized decades ago. He's building businesses grounded in biblical principles. And he's learning that sometimes God's greatest gifts come wrapped in our deepest losses.

"I don't know if I would be where I am today with my walk if things hadn't happened like they did," he reflects. "God knows. And when you truly trust that, you find peace—even in the storm."

Jason Lansdon is co-founder of Peak Managed Services and Peak Resources, providing IT solutions and bridging the gap in hiring for businesses and job seekers. He lives out his faith daily through service at his church and building relationships grounded in biblical truth.