God Never Asked You to Wear the Cape—He Called You to Be Before You Do
Everything you do should flow FROM your worth in Him,
not TOWARD earning it.
This 20-foot cross appeared overnight on the road I travel every day - right after I cried out to God for a sign. What some call coincidence, I call divine intervention. Now every time I pass this cross, I’m reminded: God never asked me to wear the cape. He called me to BE His beloved before I DO anything to earn it. Your worth was settled here 2,000 years ago.
Six months after I was saved, I found myself in a place I didn’t expect: struggling.
For months after my salvation, I had felt so close to God. I was seeing consistent signs of His glory and faithfulness - what I like to call “little God winks.” Moments when prayers were answered, when I knew He was listening, when His presence was undeniable.
But suddenly, everything felt different.
Limiting beliefs crept in. Confusion clouded my mind. I questioned if I was moving in the right direction with my life. I felt disconnected from the God who had felt so near.
This went on for over a month, and the longer it lasted, the stronger these feelings became. Where were the God winks? Why did it feel like God had gone quiet?
One night, it all hit me really hard.
I found myself having a complete emotional breakdown, literally crying myself to sleep, begging God to please show me a sign. I needed to know that He was really with me, really guiding my steps, that I was on the right path doing the right thing.
My prayer for that year had been simple: “God, continue to align me with the right people, in the right places, at the right time.” But in that moment, I felt anything but aligned.
The next morning, I started my day as usual. Same routine I’d followed for months: wake up, coffee, read the Bible, journal, get my daughter dressed for school, then off we went on the exact same drive we took every single day.
I was listening to worship music, traveling down the same first road I’d driven countless times - the same road I’d been on twice just yesterday, dropping off and picking up my daughter from school.
As I neared the end of that familiar road, I saw it.
A massive wooden cross. At least 20 feet tall. Standing in the open lot directly across from the stop sign at the end of the road.
I got to that stop sign and just sat there, staring, as tears poured down my face.
I called out loud, praying to God: “I see You! I will never doubt or question You again. I surrender it all to You. I trust You.”
What some people might call coincidence, I call a sign from God.
I had driven down that road countless times. That cross had never been there before. Yes, I understand it was the property owner who put it there - but the timing? That was God.
For that cross to appear at the end of the first road I travel every day (which felt metaphorical too - I had recently been saved about five months prior, and here was the cross at the end of my “first road”), right after a night when I broke down and begged God for my sign…
That was my answer.
As I continued driving to drop off my daughter, a realization hit me: Even though I had surrendered my life to Christ, I was still trying to hold onto control. I was still doing things my way, trying to force things to happen. I wasn’t FULLY leaning on God and trusting Him. I wasn’t allowing His will to be done in His perfect timing.
That day, I fully surrendered and left it all at His feet.
Now, every time I pass that lot and see that cross, I have a daily reminder of God’s promises and faithfulness. A daily reminder that I don’t have to perform for His love. I don’t have to earn His approval. I don’t have to wear a cape to be worthy of His attention.
God didn’t call me to wear the cape. He called me to BE before I DO.
He called me to be His daughter before I do ministry.
To be His beloved before I do good works.
To be chosen before I do anything to deserve it.
To be enough before I do enough.
Your worth isn’t found in what you accomplish for God. It’s found in what He accomplished for you.
The cross - both the one He died on and the one He placed at the end of my road - reminds me daily: You are loved not because of what you do, but because of who you are to Him.
Stop wearing the cape, beautiful. God never asked you to earn what He freely gave. He called you to rest in who you already are: His beloved daughter.
Your worth was settled at the cross 2,000 years ago. Everything you do flows from that truth, not toward it.