Ever tried to accomplish something you know you’re good at for a long time and it still isn’t working?

Ever wondered why something you know oughta be working isn’t? Ever tried to stop doing something you want to stop doing but can’t seem to? Paul said in scripture the thing I do I don’t want to do and the thing I don’t do, I want to do.

What’s the disconnect? We expend so much energy, time, and money trying to figure it out and if you want, I can save you all the time, money, and effort I have spent and just tell you. Wanta know? When I tell you, you may not like it or think it is THE answer just like when I heard it…but I’m telling you. This is IT.

Wait for it? Okay, here goes…If it’s not working, or if you can’t stop xyz or you can’t get abc to go, the problem is – YOU DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE! Now before you throw something at me though this phone or computer like I wanted to do to the person I love and adore who was coaching me and said this to me, just listen. Take a deep breath or three and consider this for a minute…

It’s an issue of identity. We hold back and hesitate or go for it and run toward what we want with everything in us. If you’re not doing the latter, it’s because you are doubting your identity. I’ve always thought of myself as confident and not one with low self esteem. In a sense, I am courageous to go for big accomplishments and crazy enough to think I can reach those goals.

Here’s what I’ve noticed – when I’m on, I’m on. Nothing can stop me but when I’m shy and reserved, it’s because I am not fully being me unapologetically. I’m not fully convinced in those moments of who I really, really am. When I’m clear on who I am, I can write books, ski black double diamond slopes, and dive with sharks. I can go to the jungles of India or ride a wild horse. When I’m clear on who I am and even more importantly whose I am, I can speak boldly to a crowd, or lead people in the vision God has given me. But when I’m feeling defeated or thinking about naysayers who have been mean or dogged me even though I love them, I shrink back, disappear, and succumb to fear of their jeers if I go all out. I limit myself due to fear that they may be right about who I AM NOT.

Lately, I’ve been in a season of being pretty quiet because I have been dealing with rejection and I’ve let it silence me, but this blog is my effort to find my voice again and come out of my shell I’ve been in for the last season. I’ll not sit down or shut up but I will Godfidently live and breathe, and have my being IN CHRIST. My identity is not based on what they say but on what He says. My identity is also in the track record by the grace of God that I have that speaks for itself. I am still here serving God and being faithful to the call. Not perfectly but faithfully.

So if you feel like you are not good enough or second guessing yourself, stop it! And look up where your help comes from. Let’s live out of knowing who we are and also who we are not so we are authentic and genuinely who we are and noone else. Live out of your strengths and forget the weaknesses. Hire those out and work on what you can. If you know, like I do, that you are giving it your all, take off the limits and soar! Soar into all God has for you! Tiny tweaks really do take you to giant peaks. Even in the short time I’ve made some adjustments recently, I can already see differences in my life and you will, too!

It’s time for it to start working, for you to build the habits you want and stop what needs to be stopped. Seek first His way of doing things and alllllll these things will be added to you in order to do His will. He is the author and the finisher of your faith. He who has begun a good work in you is faithful to fulfill it. God hasn’t brought you this far to leave you hanging. Those things He has put in my heart and yours is not us. It’s His will so guess what? It’s His bill! Let’s trust Him and Katie, bar the door! Here we come!!!!

What wasn’t working is about to work for you if you go at it out who you genuinely are. The doors that have been closed are about to open. The longing of your heart is no longer going to be disappointed but rather realized.

Happy Monday!

Adrienne