22- The Idol of Your Own Strength: Relying on Hustle Instead of God

In this episode, I’m continuing my very real “walk of shame” through the idols I’ve wrestled with as an entrepreneur—this time, the idol of my own strength.After our move to Alaska, I slipped into full-on hustle mode: 12-hour days, learning every strategy, trying every platform, grinding harder and harder straight toward burnout—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I was praying, but I wasn’t listening. I was asking God for help, but relying almost entirely on my own strength and ability to “make it work.”I share what that looked like—and what it’s looked like to rebuild my days from a place of dependence instead of striving. If you’re tired, running on fumes, and secretly wondering how much longer you can keep this pace, I hope this episode reminds you that you were never meant to carry it alone. Episode HighlightsHow the “no one is coming to save you” message quietly becomes an idolWhat my grind season actually looked like after moving to AlaskaHitting the wall and realizing I couldn’t push my way out of itTaking six weeks to rest, pray, walk, and listen instead of hustleCreating new daily rhythms that are sustainable, surrendered, and actually life-givingScriptures Referenced 2 Corinthians 12:9–10 – “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”Matthew 11:28–30 – “ Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. ”Matthew 6:11 – Give us today our daily bread.Romans 7:15 – I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.Related EpisodesEp 20- Idols in Entrepreneurship and Putting God FirstEp 21- When Your Business Becomes An Idol