Called to More: Why Playing Small Isn’t Humble

There’s a quiet pressure that high-capacity women often carry especially in faith spaces.

Be humble, but not too confident. Dream big, but not so big that it makes others uncomfortable. Move forward in your calling, but don’t move so fast that you “leave people behind.”

Sound familiar?

Before you even get to the work, you’re already shrinking to make your calling more palatable for people who were never meant to approve it in the first place.

But here’s the truth I had to learn: You’re not too much. You’re just called to more.

You’re not too ambitious. You’re just walking in a vision other people haven’t been given. You’re not being disobedient. You’re being obedient to the wrong people. And if you're constantly apologizing for your drive, your calling, or your clarity. You’re not walking in freedom. You're performing.

We’ve made meekness synonymous with silence, and confidence synonymous with arrogance. But God never asked you to mute your mission so others could manage their insecurity.

You don’t have to prove you’re worthy of the calling. You don’t have to shrink so others can feel tall. You don’t need permission to own what God gave you.

God called you to more. So walk in it with grace, with humility, but also with full authority.

The Word says: “So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.”(1 Corinthians 15:58 NLT)

Let that verse silence the doubt.

This isn’t the time to play small. You weren’t created to blend in. You were created to build, to shift atmospheres, to break generational patterns, and to lead without apology.

So stop apologizing. Start advancing.