We all have phrases we carry with us–mantras that help us navigate life. One of mine has always been, “Know your weaknesses.” It’s a reminder that I don’t have to know it all, have every answer, or pretend to be the smartest one in the room. I can be wrong–and that’s okay.
I like to think that mindset has kept me humble. But if I’m honest, humility might actually be one of my weaknesses. How’s that for irony?
As a scrappy, self-taught entrepreneur with minimal formal education, I’ve done a lot of “making it up as I go.” And while I love how that’s shaped me, it’s also exposed a deeper struggle: I hate failing. Not just the act of failing–but the feeling of being a failure. I even find it hard to be around failure in others. And it’s in that space–the part of me that resists weakness and clings to self-reliance–that the enemy likes to sneak in.
Here’s the truth I’m learning: Admitting we don’t know it all doesn’t make us immune to failure. But it does invite us to trust God more deeply. He’s not asking for perfection–He’s asking for surrender. And when we fall (because we will), we don’t have to stay down or disqualify ourselves. We stand back up, not because we earned the right to, but because He’s strong in our weakness.
You don’t have to have it all together. Just be willing to keep going–even when you know you don’t belong in the room. Because the truth is, God put you there anyway.
