A Catalyst for Purpose

Sometimes life delivers a moment that stops you in your tracks — a gut punch you never saw coming.

In the early 1960s, Warren Buffett agreed to sell his shares in Berkshire Hathaway back to the company — but when the offer came, it was for 1/8 of a point less than promised. Rather than walk away quietly, Buffett bought even more shares and eventually took control of the company. That small act of greed became the catalyst that shaped everything that followed.

Moments like this call us to cleanse what doesn’t belong. Matthew 21:12–13 “Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers.”

It is time to put God before self — in life, in business, in every decision.

If you’ve been chasing money, status, or control, let this be the moment you reorient. Make money the outcome, not the master. Bring purpose into your work, prayer into your decisions, and compassion into your partnerships.

Let the hard moments be catalysts — not for bitterness, but for building something better.