10 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Quit (You're Going to Be Alright)

It's never going to work out. If it was going to happen by now, it would have happened already. These are the types of things that we tell ourselves when we feel like quitting. There are many of you watching right now, you feel like you're hanging on by a thread. Maybe you're tempted to go back into the ways of the world. Maybe you're tempted to stop being so involved in ministry. Maybe you're saying to yourself, I'm just gonna pull back a little for a season because I feel like quitting. I feel like giving up. I feel like I'm not making an impact. I feel like I'm not going anywhere. I feel like just when I wanna grow in Christ, it seems I take 10 steps backwards. This message is for you. And I believe the Holy Spirit brought you to this very moment. Don't quit. Don't give up. It's only a season. Listen to me. It's only a season. And when you come out of this, you're gonna come out of it stronger than ever before. And when you come out of this, you're gonna come out of it looking more like Jesus than you ever have before. I wanna give you 10 reasons why you shouldn't quit. And I believe that this is going to reinvigorate the fire of the Holy Spirit in your life. I believe that if you've lost your zeal for the Lord, for the things of God, that this message of truth, because it's the word of God, will bring back that spiritual zeal in Jesus' name. Now I'm gonna share with you, as I mentioned, 10 reasons why you shouldn't quit. Numbers 1 through 4 have to do with others. Now, number 4 is gonna be especially encouraging. Then numbers 5 through 8, I wanna give you reasons why you shouldn't quit that will affect the here and the now, this side of eternity, right here in the earthly realm, that will affect you. your life in profound ways. And then I wanna share with you numbers 9 and 10. And numbers 9 and 10 are reasons that will affect you forever. Number 10 especially applies to the times in which we're living now. So let's get to number 1. 10 reasons why you shouldn't quit. Number 1, don't quit because what you are doing now may be positively affecting another person. And you may not even be aware of it. In Matthew 5:16, we read, in the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father. Just by you reflecting the nature of Christ within this world, you are transforming lives around you. Now, you may not see how you're impacting your children, How you're impacting your spouse, how you're impacting your family members or your friends. You may not see how you're encouraging fellow churchgoers, but I assure you of this, if you're walking in the light as he is in the light, then you are shining in a way that glorifies God, inspires others, and causes believers and unbelievers alike to look and to glorify your heavenly Father. Now, maybe the devil is tempting you and saying, just throw in the towel. Just give up. As I mentioned a few moments ago, he might be telling you, if it was going to happen, it would have happened by now, or that's never going to work out, or it's an impossible situation. Or he may be saying, how many times have you tried that only to fail again and again? And because of this, you might be saying, well, maybe I'm just better off compromising, or maybe I'm just better off going back into the ways of the world, or maybe I'm just better off backing off my commitments toward the things of God. I'm here to tell you— by the Holy Spirit to encourage you, don't quit because your life is impacting those around you and you may not even know it. Now, don't discount yourself because you may be hanging your head in discouragement and saying, well, there's no way that my life is impacting others. You never know who's watching. You never know who is seeing your testimony. And if your testimony is simply that you're still going, then that's a testimony. If your testimony is simply that you're still hanging on, then that's a testimony. If your testimony is that you still love Jesus in spite of all of the circumstances that say you shouldn't, according to the thinking of the world, then that is a testimony. Think also of Esther, who was born for such a time as hers. God used her to affect a nation, to preserve a people. Number 2, don't quit because faithfulness pleases God. Your life, yes, as I mentioned in point number 1, is affecting those around you, but consider also that your life can be pleasing to God. Now, we don't do good works to be saved. We do good works because we are saved, but the way we live our lives can be an offering unto God. Hebrews 11:6 says, And without faith, it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him. Now, as you begin to study the New Testament, you're going to see that there seems to be this similarity, this connection between faith and perseverance. Now, perseverance doesn't even begin until you feel like giving up, but perseverance is faith over long periods of time. And without faith, it is impossible to please God. He is pleased when He sees you walk in faith. Why? Because when you walk in faith, you are showing that you trust Him. When you walk in faith, you are showing that you are relying on Him. When you walk in faith, you are showing that you believe His Word and you believe in the promises that He has made. And when you walk in faith over a long period of time, Even when obstacles come your way, the Heavenly Father smiles upon you. At the end of every day, you can place your head upon your pillow and say within yourself and unto God, Lord, let today be presented as an offering unto you. Let the way that I lived my life be pleasing unto you. Spend my life for your glory. Spend me as a drink offering and pour me out for your purposes. Every last drop. It's all for Him. There is no greater motivation. By the way, in those times where you feel like quitting, that's a time of the purification of your motivation. Why? Because in times of struggle, if you're not doing it because you love Jesus, you're not going to do it at all. Let me say that again. In times of struggle, if you're not doing it because you love Jesus, then you're not going to be doing it at all. Amen. In fact, the fact that you are persevering in spite of the struggle is a demonstration that your motives are to please him. And there is no greater measure of success than whether or not you obeyed God. Results are wonderful. Fruitfulness is wonderful. Effectiveness is wonderful. But ultimately, the question of success in terms of spiritual perspective can boil down to one question: did you obey God? And is he pleased? And so there's no greater motivation than to say, Lord, I wanna please you. I want my life to put a smile on your face. So number 1, don't quit because what you're doing now may positively be affecting someone else and you may not even be aware of it. Number 2, don't quit because faithfulness pleases God. Hang in there. Number 3, don't quit because the world is still in need of the gospel. and you are a vital part of the church. In 1 Corinthians 12:15-22, we read, if the foot says, I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand, that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, I am not a part of the body because I am not an eye, would that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if the whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. Verse 19, how strange a body would be if it only had one part. Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. The eye can never say to the hand, I don't need you. The head can never say to the feet, I don't need you. Verse 22, in fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. So God has given to the church the mandate of worldwide evangelism, to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ all around the globe. And God's plan for worldwide evangelism, for mass soul-winning, is multiplication. And in order for us to multiply, we must be united as one. And so if you are separate from the body, if you quit and you leave, if you stop running this race now, if you give in to the enemy now and say, you know what, it wasn't worth it, I'm just gonna go by the wayside, Then the body of Christ is missing your effort, your energy, your time, your emotional focus, your mental focus, your talents, your gifts. The deposits that are divine that God has placed in you go missing when you quit. We, the body of Christ, need you. You're not overlooked. You're not tossed to the side. You're not useless. You matter. Listen, even if you do something as simple as greeting someone when they walk into the church. And I'm not just saying that our purposes are served in the context of Sunday morning service. That is an important aspect. Gathering together with other believers is what I'm saying there, that we should gather with one another. But think about the fact that something as simple as shaking someone's hand, something as simple as teaching a Sunday school class, something as simple as inviting someone to church who's your neighbor or who's your family member, We all together put our efforts in one basket and we say, Lord, we offer this to you, multiply it. Use us for your glory, Lord. And if you quit, listen to me, if you quit, we are missing a vital part of the body. You can't say that you're not needed. You can't say that you're not a part of God's plan. You can't say that your life doesn't count. If your life didn't count, God wouldn't have saved you in the first place. But in fact, he has saved you, and your life does count, and you can contribute, and you can make a difference, and your life does amount to something, especially as we unite, we make high impact. Don't quit because the world is still in need of the gospel, and you are a vital part of the church. As the church spreads the gospel, we all must do our part because we have a rescue mission that we've been sent on. Number 4, don't quit. And this I said will be especially encouraging, especially for you parents. Now, even if you're not a parent, it doesn't matter because we as the church have to think generationally. Don't quit because future generations of your family will reap from your obedience. Let me put it this way as well. Don't quit because future generations in general will reap from your obedience. You might be saying, well, I'm not married and I have no kids. How can I affect the world generationally? Well, Paul the Apostle was not married. Paul the Apostle did not have kids. And one could argue that his generational impact is unmatched in the New Testament after Christ. But still, I want you to consider the fact that we have to think generationally. Now I know with what I call doomsday eschatology, many just throw up their hands in defeat and say, Jesus, come rescue us, get us out of this world. because things are getting so bad. But that's not the perspective that I believe that scripture presents to us in terms of the last times. You realize that there will be perilous times in the last days, but Jesus never said that the gospel would lose its power, or that truth would lose its potency, or that he would stop saving souls. So you can still make an impact generationally. And indeed, we do need to be thinking generationally, despite our eschatological views, despite what we think about the last days, because we mustn't be so arrogant as to assume that we have so accurately interpreted the Scripture that we have pinpointed the last days down to the proper year or even decade or century. Yes, we will be given signs of the season, but we don't know the day or the hour. And so I say to you, Church of the Living God, it's time to think generationally. The gates of hell will not prevail. The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Don't quit. I know it's tempting to say, well, what I do doesn't matter because things are just going to end anyway. But we have to think generationally because we are instructed to do so in scripture. Proverbs 20:7 says, the godly walk with integrity. Blessed are their children who follow them. Now think about the fact that Jesus even gave us the Great Commission and told us to spread the gospel and that those who would— who believe would demonstrate miraculous signs through the power of the Holy Spirit. He wants us to win souls. He wants us to think generationally. We must be ready to go, prepared to stay. Yes, he can come at any time. He could come right now, but he could also come 50 years from now. And therefore, despite what we believe about the last days, we have to think generationally. Whether or not these are the last days, I know that today is somebody's last day, and that is enough to cause me to preach the gospel with urgency. That should be enough to cause us to think generationally. Number 5, and now I'm talking to you about reasons that you shouldn't quit that will affect your here and now. The first 4 I gave you were about others, people around you, God, and basically anyone but you. Number 5, don't quit because life is too short to retake divine tests. Psalm 90:12 says, teach us to realize the brevity of life so that we may grow in wisdom. So few people consider the brevity of life. Time goes by rapidly. Now, I want you to think about this. I'm not trying to sound negative. I'm not trying to scare you. I just wanna prepare you. And I want us to think soberly about our mortality. I understand that when we die, we live again. I understand that we have eternal life with Christ. Yes, and amen to all of that. But concerning our time in this dispensation here upon the earth for this season, life is short. It's brief. It's but, the scripture says, a vapor. It's here one second, gone the next, and nobody is promised tomorrow. But let's just assume that you will live to the average age. Let's just kind of even this out. And for the sake of doing easy math, we'll say, let's say 80 years old, that's when life ends. Well, if you're 20 years old and life is a pie cut into fours or cut into 4, if life is a pie, you had 1 slice already and you only have 3 more. If you're 40, you've had 2. If you're 60, you've had 3. And of course, I'm speaking in terms of the average age, but you get the point I'm making. Life goes by quickly. Let's say you live to be 100. If you're 25, you lived a quarter already. You've had one slice of the pie. And the next 3 slices are gonna go much faster than the first one. You're gonna blink and then suddenly it'll be over. We are here today, Gone the next. Only the name of Jesus remains. Only the word of God endures forever. And of course, yes, I understand we live with him in eternity, but I want you to really consider the brevity of life. And then with that perspective in mind, I want you to see through that lens your entire life, the impact you're making. There is no time to continue to retake tests. How many times is it going to take before you finally say, okay, Lord, I submit this area to you? How many times is it finally, is it going to take before you finally say, okay, Lord, you are right to correct me in that way. I should give up that habit, that attitude, that thought pattern. I should finally put my focus on the things of God. Why are you waiting so long to get serious about the things of God? Especially to my fellow young people. You like how I said fellow there. To the fellow young people, My generation and others coming up, when are you gonna finally take this seriously? How long are you gonna go back between 2 opinions? How long are you gonna go back and forth between the world and the things of God, the world and the things of God? You're just wasting time. You are wasting time in the world when you could be living with high impact for the sake of the kingdom of God. It's too short. Life is too short. For you to be constantly retaking divine tests. Get on board with the things of God. Stop wasting time. Hear me now. When you finally get serious about the things of God, your only regret will be that you didn't do that sooner. So don't quit because life is too short to retake divine tests. Quit and then come back, quit and then come back, quit and then come back. It's time to stop that. Number 6, don't quit because you may be just days away from tremendous breakthrough. I would rather go my entire life believing for the miracle than to stop believing before I receive my breakthrough. I would rather go years believing for the miracle and never receive it than to stop believing now when it was supposed to happen tomorrow. How do you know? Hear me now, people of God. How do you know that you're not days away from a breakthrough? How do you know that this issue you're dealing with isn't going to be resolved in a matter of weeks? I'm not saying it will, I'm not saying it won't. I'm asking, how do you know? I mean, think about the fact that a tragedy has the power to change our life for the worse in an instant. Miracle is just the opposite of that. A miracle has the power to change someone's life for the positive in an instant, and God is still a miracle-working God. How do you know that what you're so worried about now isn't going to be resolved by the end of the year? I'm not prophesying that. I'm not saying it will happen. I'm not saying it won't happen. I'm asking you, how do you know that's not the case? How do you know that one more season of perseverance wouldn't have brought the breakthrough? How do you know that one more strike of prayer wouldn't have caused the wall to come down. Think of the children of Israel marching around the walls of Jericho, following the instruction of the Lord, once per day for the first 6 days, and 7 days on that final day. It was more difficult on the day of breakthrough than it was on the days leading up to that breakthrough. What is waiting for you on the other side of your perseverance? What is waiting for you on the other side of your obedience? What is waiting for you on the other side of that wall that's about to come down? All you have to do is trust and obey. Do your part, let God do his. You believe, God will do the miracle. You do the difficult, God will do the impossible. You have faith, God will bring the breakthrough. You believe for the natural, you do the natural, and God will do the supernatural. Let God be God, you be you, and just trust and obey. But if you quit now, you'll never know what would have been. If you quit now, you'll never know what was just on the other side of your perseverance. Don't quit now because you may be just days away from a tremendous breakthrough. How do you know? How do you know that within the, in the next 24 hours, this won't be resolved? You don't. So keep going, keep going because the miracle can happen at any moment. If this is blessing you, tell me how in the comment section below. Number 7, don't quit because quitting would undo all that you have worked for up to this point. Let me say that again. Don't quit because quitting would undo all that you have worked for up until this point. In 2 John chapter 7, excuse me, 2 John, Yeah, 2 John, let's go to verse 7 here. I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist. Verse 8, watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. Be diligent so that you receive your full reward. Anyone who wanders from this teaching has no relationship with God, but anyone who remains in the teaching of Christ has a relationship with both the Father and the Son. Now here, of course, we understand that the context is remaining, abiding in proper teaching and proper faith. But look at, look at what was said here. Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve. The principle being, don't go backwards. Remain in the faith, be steadfast, abide in Christ. Don't lose what you've worked so hard to achieve. Now, I'm not trying to place on you any kind of burden of legalism. I, for one, can't stand legalistic teachings. Anything that would cause you to think that you're responsible for what only God can do, that's legalism. Or attempting to do in man's ability what can only be accomplished in Christ's power, that's legalism. And so I'm not by any means suggesting that you fall under the heavy burden of legalism. But I am saying that you do have to recognize that your actions have consequences and that quitting, well, it won't necessarily undo your relationship with Christ because ultimately he's holding onto you. It can undo the work. It can put a stain on your testimony. It can put a stain on your credibility. It can put a stain on your reputation. It can undo the work that you've worked so hard to accomplish. Remain in the right teaching, remain in faith, abide in Christ so that you don't lose everything you've worked so hard to achieve. Now, number 8, the next reason I'm about to give you, I'm gonna talk about the way you are affected internally, emotionally, and mentally. And, you know, quitting has heavy consequences, not just for the external, but quitting can have heavy consequences for the internal life, the inner life. And so I'm gonna talk to you about that in a moment, but first, I wanna invite you to support this ministry through the ministry of giving. If you've been blessed by this ministry in any way, shape, or form, and you wanna help us on our mission to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ all around the world in the power of the Holy Spirit, then I invite you to become a monthly ministry partner By signing up for our automatic giving plan at davidhernandezministries.com/partner. You can also give a single gift by going to davidhernandezministries.com/donate. Your support helps to support these streams, the content, the events, everything. Get involved with something bigger than yourself. Let's win this generation for Christ. The light is advancing. The kingdom is expanding. This is working. Get involved. Number 8, Don't quit because quitters are more filled with regret than those who persevere. Listen to what Jesus said about this. Luke chapter 14, beginning at verse number 28. But don't begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first calculating the cost to see if there is enough money to finish it? Otherwise, you might complete only the foundation, Before running out of money. And then everyone would laugh at you. They would say, there's the person who started that building and couldn't afford to finish it. Now, here in this parable, the individual wasn't able to finish the project because they didn't properly plan for it. And so they were forced to quit, but nonetheless, they ceased working for the end goal. When you quit, you are filled with regret. Listen, If you just continue from this point on, you're gonna have to struggle anyway. I'll tell you how it's gonna be. You feel like quitting? You feel like giving up? You feel like you're hanging on by a thread spiritually? Like your life doesn't count, like it doesn't matter? Maybe tempted to go back into the ways of the world? Well, I want you to think about this. The time will pass anyway. The struggle, the trial, probably not going anywhere. So if you quit, if you give up, you're gonna probably still have to go through that trial. You're probably still gonna have the same exact circumstance. The suffering will still be there. However, when you get to the end of that, you'll say to yourself, the time passed anyway. I felt pain anyway. It was difficult anyway, but I quit. Listen, you're gonna have to choose which path you wanna take. And both paths have their difficulties. The path of disobedience, sure, it has what some would call pros. People consider the pleasure of sin to be a pro. People consider the pride of life to be a pro and so forth. And of course, there are things that make that path alluring, enticing to human nature, but you walk that path and it's a path of destruction and it will be a difficult road. Now you follow the way of Christ and you continue on that path, that too will be a difficult road. But listen, both paths are difficult. And if you quit now and you turn from the things of God and you go back into the world, or you take, the momentum off of your spiritual life, you back up and say, well, maybe I won't do as much for God, or maybe I won't be as involved, or maybe I won't be as passionate. Maybe just, I'll tone it down a little. You do that, you're gonna still have to walk a difficult path. The time will pass anyway. And 10 years from now, you'll be looking back. 5 years from now, you'll be looking back. 12 months from now, You'll be looking back and asking, I wonder what would have happened if I just stuck it out? I wonder what would have happened if I didn't quit? I bind every lie of the enemy in the mighty name of Jesus. You may be saying that to yourself, that you wanna quit. That's a lie of the enemy. Listen, stick with this, because when you persevere and you look back, you're gonna look back and you're gonna say, The time passed anyway. The pain was there anyway. And I'm so glad, I'm so glad I didn't quit. Number 9, and now we're talking about things that will affect your eternity. Number 9, don't quit because everything you do for the Lord will count for all eternity. Only what you do for eternity truly counts. Think about this. If you accomplish something in this world and it does not mark eternity, Eventually, you'll forget about it. Eventually, your loved ones will forget about it. Eventually, society will forget about it, no matter how grand it is. Even history has a short memory, relatively speaking. And so you think about all these accomplishments, you think about all of these wonderful things that take place in your life, but you know what? Only what we do for eternity actually counts, because that is what is always remembered. That impact will always stay with us. When you're in heaven with the Lord and with those you've impacted, You're gonna live with that for all of eternity. The lives that were impacted, that God impacted through your obedience, and he will use you. And so I'm saying to you, don't quit because everything we do for the Lord will count for all of eternity. 1 Corinthians 15:58 says, so my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. Somebody needs to hear that. Nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. It matters, it counts. If it counts for eternity, it truly counts. Not to be morbid, but we're talking about life. We're talking about regret. We're talking about time. But think about the fact that one day you will die. And as sad as it may seem, your loved ones, your friends, they're gonna have to move on. Your spouse, if they're still here, they're gonna have to move on. Your children will have to move on. One day you will die. And the question is, what was it all for? Again, your family will go on living. Not that they didn't care, but they'll go on living. Your friends, they'll go on living. Society definitely keeps on moving. I found it interesting one time when I attended a funeral, It was very somber. And at the end of the funeral, I walked out to just outside of the building, of the church building, and people are gathered around talking about where they're gonna go for lunch. And I'm thinking, yeah, of course, you have to eat still today. Here are this person's friends, so close to him, so loving toward him, they're now just gonna go ahead to lunch and they gotta go on with it. They gotta get to living again. Yeah. Even history will forget the greatest among us, however you measure greatness. Even history will forget the greatest among us. Eternity won't. Eternity remembers. What you do for eternity will count for all of eternity. So don't quit. Finally, and as I said, this right here, number 10, this applies now more than ever. Not that truth is more truthful, but I think that the truth hits heavier in certain seasons. 1 Timothy 6:12, fight the good fight of faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses. Don't quit because truth is worth the fight. I know looking out into the world today, it may seem like the devil is winning. He's not. I know that observing society, the nature of man, rampant sin, that maybe you're growing discouraged because it seems like heaven is retreating and hell is advancing. I promise you, that's not what's happening. The gates of hell shall not prevail against us. I know sometimes it seems like the church is losing and the world is winning. The world is not winning. Wicked people make their plans, but he who sits in the heavens shall laugh. God is in control. And I know that there's fear. I know that there's confusion. I know that there's uncertainty, but God is in control. Don't quit because truth is worth fighting for. You see, you look at this generation and you see the way that people's minds are so warped, the way that darkness seems to have this impossibly tight grip on the soul of a generation. And you might be saying within yourself, what's the point? Nothing seems to be working. The gates of hell Shall not prevail. Truth is worth fighting for. I still believe that Jesus is the answer. I still believe that the gospel has power. I still believe that the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Child of God, we need you in this fight. Child of God, don't count yourself out. Righteousness preserves the nation. If there are righteous in the land, just the existence of those righteous in the land preserves the nation. Your presence, God's assignment with you here, is holding back the judgment. There's still time. To snatch souls from hellfire. There's still time to win the world to Jesus, 'cause the blood of Jesus still has power. There is power in the blood. There's power in the cross. Don't quit. We will see the advancement of his kingdom. The movement is upon us. And it's not possible to stop a divinely backed move of God. The world may try to stop it, religious people who misunderstand it may try to stop it, but nobody's stopping this movement. Spirit family, listen to me. Truth is worth fighting for. Don't quit. I'm gonna pray with you right now. And as we pray, I believe that there's gonna be a fresh empowering that comes upon you. But before we pray, I wanna encourage you, if you think others need to hear this message, do me a simple favor, leave a like on the video, that's gonna help spread it to more people. We wanna see people impacted with the gospel. And also, I wanna stay connected with you. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel on YouTube and make sure to click that notification bell when you do, so that you and I can stay connected and you can continue to receive the teachings and the encouragements Now let's pray. Father, I lift your children to you, your children whom you love with an everlasting love. And I pray that by the precious Holy Spirit, they would be refreshed and renewed. Fan into flame the fire of their love for Jesus. Set them ablaze, I pray. There's a strong anointing here, church. I'm telling you, receive that. Set them ablaze, I pray. Let them burn bright for your glory. Jesus, use our lives as vessels, we pray. Strengthen and encourage your people. Let joy overflow. Let them receive peace. Let them receive power from on high. They might shine the light of the gospel. And Holy Spirit, the next time they feel like quitting, stir their faith, I pray. Let this word be as a seed planted in their hearts. Water that seed, I pray, precious Holy Spirit, as only you can. Touch their lives and use them for your glory. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen. Amen. I want you to type it if you believe it, amen. Well, I love you, I appreciate you, I pray for you. And until next time, remember, nothing is impossible with God.