When Everything Says Quit: Faith, Pressure, and the Breaking Point with Steve Smithwick on Exploring the Marketplace (S:5 - Ep 28)
Exploring the Marketplace
Shawn Bolz
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today on Exploring the Marketplace, Shawn Bolz and Bob Hasson dive into a conversation every entrepreneur and business leader faces at some point: what do you do when you hit the wall and everything says quit?
In this powerful episode, Shawn and Bob unpack the tension between calling, perseverance, and wisdom—sharing personal stories of long seasons, financial pressure, uncertainty, and learning when to push forward versus when to pivot. They explore how faith sustains leaders through cash-flow crises, industry volatility, and moments where giving up feels easier than pressing on.
The conversation features a compelling testimony from Steve Smithwick, founder and president of MasterWall Incorporated. After losing his job with four young children at home, Steve stepped out in radical obedience to build a business from the ground up with minimal resources but deep conviction. Through years of financial hardship, near-collapse moments, and divine provision, Steve learned to rely on God’s timing, voice, and faithfulness.
This episode covers:
- What it means to build a business when everything feels stacked against you
- How perseverance and faith work together in real-world leadership
- The importance of mentors, community, and godly counsel
- Why “hard pressed” doesn’t mean finished
- How God often forges purpose through pressure
If you’re facing a wall in your career, business, or calling, this episode offers courage, clarity, and hope. You may feel like you’re failing—but you could actually be forging forward.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Explore the Marketplace, a podcast all about how faith impacts our guest careers and lives. |
| 0:05.3 | I'm Sean Bowles here with my co-host. |
| 0:06.8 | I'm Bob Hastin, and we're here to bring you unfiltered, powerful conversations with industry leaders, |
| 0:12.2 | entrepreneurs, and culture shapers for living at their faith in extraordinary ways. |
| 0:16.7 | From a billion-dollar boardrooms to creative industries, we reveal how God is moving through |
| 0:21.2 | everyday ordinary people just like you. |
| 0:24.2 | And this podcast will give you courage, which is our goal. |
| 0:27.1 | Yeah, these are the stories you don't get to hear on Sundays. |
| 0:29.2 | Plus, we get to dive deep in the latest trends and business, finance, entertainment, and politics, |
| 0:34.0 | giving you real insight from a kingdom and biblical perspective. |
| 0:37.0 | This is where faith meets influence. |
| 0:39.0 | This is exploring the marketplace. |
| 0:45.3 | Welcome to exploring the marketplace, Sean. |
| 0:47.6 | Today we're diving into conversation that every entrepreneur or business leader faces at |
| 0:52.4 | some point. |
| 0:53.4 | Here's the question. What do you do when you |
| 0:56.0 | feel called, but everything around you says give up? Oh my gosh. Have you ever had one of those |
| 1:01.6 | seasons where you've got a vision, you've got passion, obedience, but the money's not there, Bob? |
| 1:06.6 | We've seen that, or the momentum's not there, or you don't have the right team around you, whatever |
| 1:10.8 | it is. Today's real talk is all about staying the momentum's not there or you don't have the right team around you. Whatever it is. |
| 1:11.2 | Today's real talk is all about staying the course when your career or business hits that wall, |
| 1:15.5 | which so many of us go through. |
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