Captain Marvel
Great leaders know who they are.
Let’s be honest—that’s easier said than done.
In a world wired for noise and comparison, it’s easy to forget who we really are. We reach for the metrics that validate us:
How many books did I read this year?
How much weight can I lift?
How big is my church?
How impressive is my résumé, my salary, my kids, my spouse, my intellect?
The world is relentless—shouting, selling, and seducing—trying to stake a claim on your identity.
“Be this.”
“Do that.”
“Prove you’re enough.”
But here’s the hard truth: What shapes you can also deceive you.
That’s the story of Carol Danvers—Captain Marvel.
She wakes up in a foreign world, told who she is, what she can do, and why she exists. But it’s all a lie. The Kree didn’t just give her orders—they rewrote her identity. Made her think she was a weapon, not a person.
Her breakthrough moment?
When she stops listening to the lies and remembers who she truly is—not a pawn, not a soldier, but a protector.
She reclaims her name.
Her voice.
Her true strength.
And honestly? I get that.
There have been moments I’ve led from gifting instead of calling.
From insecurity instead of identity.
From what people think instead of what God says.
Especially in ministry.
You preach your heart out… and then the questions come:
“Did it land?”
“Did I mess it up?”
“Was it any good?”
They’re not always the right questions.
But they are real questions.
And when we let the answers define us, we drift.
Jesus never led from drift.
He led from identity.
“This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” — Matthew 3:17
Before He performed a miracle.
Before He preached a sermon.
Before He carried the cross.
He was already deeply known, deeply loved, and fully secure.
And if we’re in Christ, so are we.
“The Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, ‘Abba, Father.’ The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children…heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.” — Romans 8:15–17
That’s your name.
That’s your place.
That’s your anchor.
When you remember who you are, you stop striving for approval and start leading from assurance.
You’re not leading to earn love.
You’re leading because you’re already loved.
Great leaders don’t lead to prove who they are.
They lead because they know who they are.
And that changes everything.