Impostor syndrome is essentially a persistent inability to believe that your success is actually deserved. The underlying feeling is: "If they really knew...". If they knew how bad I am with time, how divided my heart is, or how little I know what I’m doing, they’d never listen.Regardless of your level of success, you still get hit with this feeling that you’re just not enough. I’ve lived this. When I was a young pastor newly out of seminary, I didn’t think I knew what I was doing, so I tried to pattern myself after others—trying to sound like Mark Driscoll or Chuck Swindoll. Even now as a streamer, I struggle with view counts because there is "no good number". If the number is high, I feel like I've fooled everybody; if it's low, I feel like it's what I deserve.But I want you to consider this: Is it possible that your fear of inadequacy will actually make you dependent on God? When God called Moses, Moses didn't list his education or power; he asked, "Who am I?". God’s response wasn't about Moses' skills—it was simply, "I will be with you".Your feeling of calling is more important than your credentials. That feeling of "I don't know what I'm doing" actually becomes a qualifier. It keeps you praying, preparing, and making sure what you say has value. I’m here to serve you, not to feed my own ego.

One of the biggest things we need to understand is that people care about *why we do what we do*. Your motives behind your content are just as factored in as your talent.Whether it's through "thin-slicing" or involuntary micro-expressions, your true intent "leaks" out through the screen. If you're in it for the clout, the money, or the ego, your audience is going to clock that "vibe" in a heartbeat.I'm not here to judge; I'm here to challenge. We need to check our hearts because if our motives are purely for display and self-success, we are going to be in real trouble when we try to serve a community. Join me as we walk through seven hard questions to audit our motives and ensure we’re creating out of genuine love and service.

Every creator dreams of going viral, having a huge charity stream, or partnering with big brands. That instinct to serve more people is a good thing! But God doesn't usually start you there. He starts you with the obscure, the mundane, and the unglamorous grind to serve a few.Before you try to grow on YouTube or Twitch, I'm walking through 5 hard questions you need to ask yourself about getting the small stuff right:- Are you actually engaging with the few people you have, or just waiting for a bigger audience? - Are you consistently putting in the prep work, or just creating when you feel like it? - Are you looking for ways to serve other creators, or only focused on your own content?- Are you paying attention to the complex, boring numbers, or completely ignoring them? If you want to be trusted with more, you have to be trustworthy with less.