If You’re About to Quit, Read This First

Yes, it can lead to money.
Yes, it can unlock freedom and time with your family.
Yes, you can travel the world if you do it right.

But if you’ve ever sat there at 2 AM wondering,
“Why did I think this was a good idea?”
you’re not alone.

I’ve been an entrepreneur for over a decade.
I’ve hit walls. I’ve hit lows. And I’ve seen others quit when they were one inch away from the breakthrough.

So if you feel discouraged, overwhelmed with doubt, or stuck in a season of silence, this message is for you.

I want to take you back to an ancient battlefield where a man named Joshua stood before God with the weight of a nation on his shoulders.

God will never give you a vision that He does not equip you to fulfill

In Joshua 1:6–7, God tells Joshua:

Be strong and courageous, for you shall gives this people possession of the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go.

I find it fascinating that God doesn’t say,
“Be strong because I’ll give you a picture of you conquering these nations”
or
“Be courageous because here’s a roadmap on how you are going to win."

He just says: Be strong. Be courageous.

The assumption behind this command: Joshua, you can choose to be strong and courageous, right now today.

And so can you. And so can I.

But there's something else going on here.

When God commands us, it's impossible to do what He says without acting in faith, believing that He will provide what is necessary to follow through on the command.

Brother, if He called you to it, He will lead you through it.

This is difficult to believe when we’re not taking in the external wins:
Clients, cash, growth, momentum.

But what if God’s working on the inside first? What if He's working in places no one else can see?

What if he's preparing your character so that you can handle future outward success without it going to your head?

Why most entrepreneurs don't make it

Joshua wasn’t the only one who scouted the Promised Land.
Back in the book of Numbers 12 spies went in.
Only 2—Joshua and Caleb—came out believing they could win.

The other 10 melted.
They looked at their enemies and said, “We’re grasshoppers.”

Sound familiar?

You look at competitors with more market share, more capital, more time — and you feel small.

So how did Joshua and Caleb remain confident? Because they trusted in Someone far more powerful than man giants.

You might have heard me say, "Average won’t survive in this space."

But that comes from believing in Someone infinitely greater than you or your competitors.

It's time to man up — not in bravado, but in trust in the Almighty.

Your challenges might feel impossible — but you have a calling

Israel didn’t just face one army.
They faced the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, Jebusites — and more "-ites" than Joshua could count.

Sometimes, building a business feels the same:
Time is against you.
Resources are thin.
You feel like the underdog.

But when you choose to believe first, strength and courage follow.

The harsh reality of being your own boss

People romanticize entrepreneurship.

“Work when you want! Walk the dog at noon! Gym at 2!”

Sure.

But also…
No one tells you to get out of bed.
No one yells at you when you waste a day.
And guess what? That lack of structure? It breaks most people.

That’s why I created Craftsmen — a community where Christian men hold each other accountable. We meet monthly. We challenge one another. We share breakthroughs, breakdowns, and business wins.

One of our guys had been stuck for weeks on crafting his message.
After one roundtable, he messaged:

"I feel refreshed. I recorded my YouTube video. I’m back. I know what I need to do next.”

The support flipped a switch.

When God gives you the impossible

God told Joshua:

“Do all the law… don’t turn to the right or the left… then you will succeed.”

Wait… what?

There were 613 laws.
And we’re supposed to keep all of them?

If success = perfect obedience… we’re all in trouble.

 That's why Paul wrote that the law was not given to save Israel, but to damn Israel.

"Hold on, Seth, what are you preaching?" Let me explain.

The law was given as a tutor to lead us to Christ (Gal 3:24). To show us how incapable we are to keep it perfectly.

Brother, I got news for you. If you try as hard as you can to obey every command of God's Word, you will fail.

And the harder you try, the more you fail. And even when you do well it often becomes self-righteousness, because we are trying in our power and not God's.

How do we escape that? If our success depends on our obedience, we are so screwed.

But Jesus says, "It's okay, Seth. It's okay. I was screwed for you. I was punished for you. I became sin so that your righteousness would not depend on what you do, but on what I did."

“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)

And the only thing God asks us now is simply to believe and trust that. And as a result, righteousness will flow out of your life as a byproduct of the power of the Holy Spirit who now lives in you.

Jesus took on all our sin, so deeply, painfully, and completely that He became sin on our behalf. And what do we receive in exchange? His righteousness. There is no greater gift than this.

You don’t earn your calling.
You receive it.
You don’t manufacture your righteousness.
You inherit it.

So yes, be strong. Be courageous.
But don’t rely on you.
Rely on the One who’s already won.

Let God transform your discouragement into courage

 If God gave you a vision to build a business, don't give up. Even when things seem impossible.

God is the God of the impossible.

And don't get discouraged when things go backwards. It's a part of the process. Expect it! God's working on areas no one else can see.

People judge others based on the external. How much money does he have? How hot is his girlfriend or wife? What kind of car do they drive? How big of a house do they live in?

But God told Samuel that man looks on the outward appearance while God looks on the heart.

When you keep hitting the wall in your business — that’s not failure.
That’s the forge.

God is shaping you.

And when the money’s not coming in, the clients aren’t clicking, and your inbox feels like a graveyard — remember:
He sees your heart.
He hasn’t forgotten you.

David was forgotten by his own father.
Left with the sheep.
Yet God said, “That’s my man.”

If God gave you the vision, He will carry you through the opposition.

So keep going.
Be strong.
Be courageous.

God knows you. He loves you.

And he will never give up on you.