Your story isn’t your disqualification. It may be the very reason someone else will believe they can make it through theirs.

I see you running from the calling I placed on your life.

You feel it. You know it’s there. But you keep making excuses. You’re not ready. You’re not qualified. You don’t have the resources. You’re too broken. Too messy. Too ordinary.

Stop using your fear as an excuse to stay hidden

– Jacqueline Whitney

But here’s what you’re missing: I don’t call the qualified. I qualify the called.

I didn’t choose you because you have it all together. I chose you because your story — the pain, the struggle, the breaking, is exactly what someone else needs to hear to believe they can make it through theirs.

You think your mess disqualifies you. But it’s your credibility. Stop waiting to be perfect before you step into what I’ve asked you to do. Stop using your fear as an excuse to stay hidden. Stop letting the enemy convince you that you’re not ready.

You’re ready. You’ve been ready. I wouldn’t have called you if you weren’t. Now stop running. And start walking toward what I’ve been preparing you for all along.

Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.