Thoughts: Hannah's Blog

When we prepare for interviews, there are some common questions we get ready for. Self introduction, what is your 5 year goal? What are your strengths and weaknesses? What is your USP (unique selling point)? What is your personal brand? What are you good at or what is your contribution to the team? etc.

It was during the transition period, rather it was after the interviews were over that I truly pondered on these. Almost a month or two into the new team in a new company. I was feeling lost. Not knowing much, it was a difficult time, trying to get used to the different work culture. The people were different, the way they were doing things were different.

I was trying to compare myself in my previous company to the current company and wondered what am I bringing to the team? Does my USP still hold good? Is that relevant for this team? Will I ever be useful here? What am I even good at? What are my strengths?

Such questions were clouding my head and I was feeling down. That is when these words intruded my thought process “I AM your strength.” I cannot quite explain with words, how much comfort it brought into my situation and how drastically it changed my perspective.

What I was good at or not good at became irrelevant at that point. Just the fact that God is my strength is all that mattered. I re-read Psalms 18 which I took as the promise before joining the new company. In the very first verse David says:

“I love you, Lord, my strength.”

Psalms 18:1 NIV

He calls God as his strength, not as someone who strengthens but as his strength. I had never looked at this verse like this before. This verse boosted my confidence (not self confidence but God confidence) I knew that God was with me as my strength and with David I could boldly declare: “With your help I can advance against a troop; [learn new technologies] with my God I can scale a wall.[overcome my inabilities]” for it is God who strengthens and equips me.

It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights.
He trains my hands for battle;  my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.
You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

Psalms 18: 32-36 NIV

In any new situation, we do not get to know or understand things right away, it takes time, we might feel disheartened at times but may this verse bring our focus to God our strength and remind us to lean on him to help navigate the uncharted territories. Let us seek God to get trained in all that he wants us to learn.