I am on several different boards. They are all located in Little Rock, so country comes to town. I love being on them because I can help patients and people in rural Arkansas with many situations that they may not understand or know about. But at times I feel out of place and intimidated. I don’t fit into the mold or what I think the typical board member looks like or what accolades they possess.
One morning before I had one of the board meetings I got up read all my devotionals and posted the daily scripture on my Instagram story. As I was scrolling a post came to my attention.
It was a post posted by PROPEL WOMEN, written by
J Megan Brown, it said:
Imposter syndrome is that internal voice that whispers, you don’t belong here. You’re not qualified. Sooner or later, they’ll find out you’re faking it. It’s the belief that your success is accidental, your gifts aren’t real, and your leadership is just luck. But what if the problem isn’t that yours an imposter but that your identy hasn’t caught up to your reality.
According to adult development psychologist Robert Kegan our inner sense of identity often lags behind our external reality by 1-2 years. Even as external roles or contexts change, we often need time to reconstruct our identity to align with those changes. This means we may be stepping into a new season, new anointing new opportunities while still internally identifying with an outdated smaller version of ourselves. We are living a new story but reading from an old script.
When God called Moses to lead the Israelites out of Egypt, Moses immediately disqualified himself.
Who am I to go against Pharoah? Exodus 3:11
What is they don’t believe me? Exodus 4:1
I am not eloquent. Exodus 4:10
Please send someone else. Exodus 4:13
He listed every reason God made a mistake. Moses could not reconcile Gods trust in him with his own self-perception. Like Moses we often assume we are an imposter, even though God has already chosen and equipped us.
God names who we are becoming even before we see it ourselves. He invites us to grow into what he already sees. Moses didn’t become a leader because he felt like one. He became a leader because he obeyed despite what he was feeling inside.
Ask yourself is it because I’m truly unqualified or could it be that I’m growing into something my identity hasn’t fully caught up to yet?
Obey and act in alignment with who God says you are not just how you feel until your immer narrative reflects your current assignment.
You’re standing in the tension between who you were and who you’re becoming. And in that space, God is building a new identity one forged in obedience, not just confidence. You’re not an imposter you’re just in process and process is exactly where transformation begins.
The process of becoming is exactly where transformation begins.
Our worth is found in God alone, not in beauty, success or approval.
As I sat through the board meeting and listened to so much I don’t understand, how many donations were given, and read the bios of several board members I was brought back to what I had read several hours before. And I said, “There is a reason God placed me here. I have something that many of these don’t have. It is the gift of knowing, walking through what the people we serve are walking through. I have hands on testimony of what it feels like to watch someone struggle, to watch a loved one pass away, to watch a child have to work at walking and talking, to watch my children have hardships when told there is nothing more that can be done or that your child is atypical.
I may not have the knowledge of legislation, or the funds to make a large donation, but that doesn’t disqualify me for the job. I am qualified because I bring to the table the compassion and empathy for the people we serve and for that I am grateful.
If you think you are not qualified think again. God qualifies you for whatever task he gives you and if you don’t have a certain skill, he gives you people to help you. Go back to Moses. God gave Moses what he needed. He even gave Him Aaron to help. We can go to so many in the Bible that God gave skills and strength to. When we read His word, we are given the truths that qualify us for the task ahead.
So, this week, remind yourself you are qualified god qualifies you. And remember to find joy:
1. **Show up for JESUS** – Start your day in the Word.
2. **Show up for OTHERS** – Serve others, whether they are like you or not, whether they annoy you or you don’t understand them. That is what Jesus did; He showed up for EVERYONE.
3. **Show up for YOU**—You need to fill your cup before you can help fill others’ cups.
We will find JOY when we show up for Jesus, others, and ourselves.
As Father Mike says you pray for me, I will pray for you.
Have a great week- Cupcake loves you!
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