You Aren’t an Imposter

Have you ever felt a strong longing inside to do something special? Or a desire to break out of the mold of what you’ve always been or done, but just can’t seem to get over the hurdle? Maybe it’s a feeling that no one in your family has ever done something like that, or you just can’t see yourself doing whatever it is that you want to do. Maybe no one you know has ever succeeded or done anything “more” with their lives.

I struggle with these things constantly. An internal intense conflict against what I dream and long for and familiar voices telling me if I did that, I would be an imposter. “Of course, you can’t do that!” they say. “Who do you think you are? You aren’t a writer! What are you doing trying new things? You know your family has never done anything special and this isn’t you”. Sound familiar?

I had a dream last night which I believe was Divine encouragement in this area for me, and I hope it will be for you too. In the dream, I was making my way through a building trying to find some clothes to buy. I kept finding myself stuck in a small room almost the size of a closet which had a clothes rack with two or three T-shirts on it. I couldn’t decide what to wear and was getting frustrated these were my only options. My wife then came in the room and said “What are you doing? I’ve got full access to a clothes warehouse on the other side of the building, let’s go!”.

After I woke from the dream and was thinking and praying about it, I felt like the Lord was encouraging me that I have much more available to me than the same old limited options I keep trying to choose for my life. A wake-up call for bigger thinking!

If you’ve ever found yourself trapped, thinking you can’t move forward or do what you really want to do, I want to encourage you. You are not being an imposter to think bigger. You were meant and chosen for such a time as this. Know that you have heavenly resources at your fingertips as you make the leap to do what you’ve always dreamed of doing. And when you make that leap, remember that adage “Do the thing, and you shall have the power.”

I never would have started writing if I didn’t just…start writing. Profound right? The voices in my head were so strong that the only way to counteract them was to act. Once I got in the habit of moving, I was more easily able to see myself as what I wanted to be.

I want to encourage you today, that not only CAN you do this, but you were MEANT to do this. Kick the stupid lies in the teeth, take a step forward and say “I don’t care what you think I am, or what you think I can or cannot do. I’m moving forward and there’s nothing you or anyone can do about it. If God be for me, who can be against me!”

Pray this with me:
Lord Jesus, I thank you for giving me strength to realize the dreams and visions you’ve given me for my life. Thank you for the courage to take a step forward, even amongst negative voices, and even if it’s a small one. Please fill me with your perfect love and peace so that I may reflect you as I begin the journey to transform the world around me. Thank you that I can do all things through you. Amen.