4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Quit

Thanks for this post, it is very encouraging and challenging at the same time.

I would however like to add this: don’t quit – your vision, or your calling. Sometimes, when the going gets tough, you want to leave because you’re tired. That’s when you shouldn’t quit.

But sometimes, staying in a role means quitting or compromising your vision. Sometimes quitting a role is actually the thing to do to make your vision progress.

I’m a PhD student. I’ve thought many times about quitting, because I questioned the reasons why I started it in the first place. I hadn’t goals in mind, except for the natural “getting a doctorate”. Ultimately, there was a reason I was there, and I could get involved with the local Christian Union and many peripheral things happened as a consequence of the PhD. So in many ways, I’m glad I carried on.

But there should be no shame in asking for help, or in changing your strategy. And most definitely no shame in crying out to God – and I think it is very important to make it clear in a post about not quitting.

And sometimes, there is a calling that requires you to quit what you’ve been doing or planning on doing. See Luke 9:57-62 for that, although 62 does reinforce your message in the case of doing what you have been called to do :-)

Great stuff, JP. Just one thing…how do you know I’m not reading this after I’m dead? I could be haunting your blog.

Jonathan, I could not agree with you more! Eight years ago, after trying to walk away, I realized God had placed me in my position as President of my family-owned auto dealership group for a purpose – to do ministry through the business.

The changes I made over the next several months brought extreme hardship to the business and drove me to depths I had never before experienced. As I often thought about giving up, I kept remembering the purpose. I kept remembering how God had called me to it and would get me through it.

Now, as I write a blog, http://www.ChristianFaithAtWork.com, about this experience and how it continues eight years later, I have to keep recalling the purpose of teaching others. The “numbers” are not as important as the individual impacts it makes. Though I am just getting started and meeting many challenges, I believe in the purpose and what God will do with it! I know I will make it!

Thanks for the reminder!

I’ve seen in myself that it’s easy to quit when you’re part way through the calling – when the opposition arises, things get hard and you forget why you are struggling for it in the first place. It’s in those situations that we have to remember to keep pushing forward. Great post JP!

Best advice: cling to the moment that you knew God called you.

Go the distance and know that God is walking with you every step of the way. “We can do ALL things through Christ who is our strength.” Good post! have a great day!

Thanks! So in many ways, I’m glad I carried on.

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