Do you ever feel like an imposter? I certainly have!
If you listen to anything these days you’ll hear the term “imposter syndrome”, and, trust me, I have felt like that at times too. Everyone seems to think I’m so strong, how I can get through everything I’ve been through and they seem to think it’s MY power, ME who’s doing it, but it’s not. It’s ONLY because of God that I’ve been able to survive all that. I try to explain it to them that it’s not my power, but rather God’s, but they don’t understand or believe me, so it makes me feel like an imposter because they praise me for something I can’t take credit for.
I never wanna forget WHY I’ve made it through everything. I never want to take away God’s glory and place the credit upon myself. I never want to steal from God, His glory, His thunder, His power, His majesty.
My entire journey, my whole life, would not exist apart from God. There’s no way I could have accomplished all of the things I’ve done and am doing without Him. But sometimes when I try to explain how I “do everything” (their words, not mine) and I tell them that it’s ONLY by the grace of God that I can even get through some days, some don’t really believe me.
They think the power is in me or something. I assure you, it’s not!
In fact, just last week I was laying on the floor crying because I felt like I couldn’t go on anymore. “I can’t get THROUGH this!” I told the Lord, “It’s too hard. I can’t make it. You HAVE TO do SOMETHING. Take care of this, Lord, please, I can’t do it on my own.”
And He did! 🙌 He gave me strength, He gave me motivation to keep going. But it was all of HIM, not because of something inside of me.
God has given me a very specific focus for this blog and all of the resources I try to provide to everyone. And He keeps expanding that vision and direction as I listen to His leading and promptings in my life. I have come so far and grown so much spiritually, and, yet, He keeps pushing and stretching me to places I never thought I could go, both spiritually and in life. Things I thought I couldn’t do or make it through, but have made it through with HIS help alone!
But don’t think that I don’t have those moments of doubt. “Are you sure you want ME to do that, Lord? Are you sure I can do this?” There are days that I sit back and think, “There is no way I’m capable of doing what He’s asking me to do. He’s asking SO much.”
Right now, He’s asking me to post 2 blog posts a day for 3 months. I thought, “WOW. I can’t even post ONE new blog post a day, much less two!”
You know what?!
During that time period, I posted THREE new blog posts a day for 2 months. I asked Him if I could do it that way instead and He convicted me it was okay and I did it. But the point is that I DID IT!!!
I was able to, but only by the grace of God. Only by His providence in helping me.
At the end of the day, I’m not an imposter because it’s not me doing all of this…it’s HIM! It’s always Him, it’s always BEEN Him and as long as we continually remember where our strength comes from, why we are able to get through the day, and are CONTINUALLY GIVING HIM the glory for that strength (both outwardly and inwardly in our hearts in praise, worship, and thankfulness), He is pleased and we are not living in a fake way.
And that’s the point of living a Christian life to the world, our family, and our friends. To live genuinely, honestly, but also unashamedly because of what Christ did for us on the cross. What He did for everyone. 🙌
He’s my strength and my resource…my every present help…my sole defender. And with Him I can do anything and so can you! All things truly are possible, but only with Christ, our Redeemer. ❤️
With God All Things Are Possible Wallpaper
No matter what we think our limitations are, with God all things are possible.
That’s what we need to remind ourselves…this is His Word and His truth. If you read in Matthew 19, you’ll see that He’s making the point that it’s extremely hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Why? Because when we are rich, and we are all rich to some degree, we don’t need to rely on Him for whatever riches we possess.
But when something is hard (or we feel like an imposter because people think we’re someone we’re not – whether they think we are better or worse than we truly are), we find that we need Him and rely on Him more to complete what He has called us to do. And that’s when His promise hits home.
When people think we are better than we are, in our humility, we get the opportunity to point them to Christ, thus Christ wins.
And when people think we are worse than we are, they attack us, malign us, say all kinds of lies and evil things about us that were never true about us in the first place, they only bring more people to hear the gospel. As they spout out their lies, others come to try to decide for themselves and Christ is preached to new, listening ears.
So that no matter what, whether we are spoken of as better than we are or worse than we are, in both circumstances, Christ is glorified and the gospel is spread, because as many as don’t believe (and are vocal about it), there are some who DO believe in the power of Christ.
Either way, you see, God wins! 🙏
Do you need this reminder today? I’m here to tell you that whatever that tug is on your heart, whatever He’s impressing on you when you are in prayer, He will make it possible for you to complete that which He is asking you to do because with Him all things are possible!
Download this wallpaper today for your devices to remind you that you are already equipped for His calling. And put it on your social media to spread that good word: With God All Things Are Possible – Matthew 19:26
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