The Battle to Finish Part 1: Stop Starting. Start Finishing.
How Half-Obedience Keeps You Poor, Stuck, and Spiritually Weak
Everyone celebrates “starts”
start a business
get married
get pregnant
get promoted
Yet, there isn’t much celebrations on “20+ years married” or “20+ years entrepreneur”. We live in a world addicted to motion — but allergic to completion or ongoing progress.
We start projects, launch ideas, chase opportunities, and open tabs.
But how many of these do we actually finish?
The truth is painfully simple: Doing a few things extremely well moves the needle.
Scattering your efforts only scatters your results.
“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.”
— Proverbs 21:5 (ESV)
Multitasking sounds productive. It feels busy.
But often, it’s simply multiple incomplete tasks running in parallel — none ever fully birthed.
This is the trap of width.
Real success — in business, calling, marriage, parenting, ministry — lies in depth.
Jesus didn’t run 17 ministries at once.
He walked slowly. Taught deeply. Poured into a handful of disciples. He finished the work the Father gave Him.
“I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.”
— John 17:4 (ESV)
The enemy loves to distract God’s people with many good-looking tasks…because partial obedience is still disobedience. Half-built walls crumble in the storm.
Every unfinished task leaves doors open for anxiety, guilt, and overwhelm.
But when you complete one clear assignment — you gain momentum. When you finish one God-directed task — it creates ripples that often make many other things unnecessary.
This is what Greg McKeown calls Essentialism.
What Gary Keller describes in The One Thing.
But long before modern authors wrote about focus, God already commanded it:
“Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.”
— Proverbs 4:25 (ESV)
So let me ask you:
👉 What is one task you can fully complete today — that will make everything else easier or unnecessary?
Not ten things.
Just ONE.
Finish it.
And watch how God multiplies your small act of obedience into something far greater than you imagined.