Feelings of inadequacy

I don't know about you, but I, like most people I know, struggle with feelings of inadequacy...feeling that if "they" ever really find out how inadequate I am to do this job they will fire me for sure! It's a sinful feeling I admit, because in truth I am inadequate, unable to do what I'm doing....that's why I need to trust Christ to do it through me, but when I get focused on myself I realize I am simply not up to the task, and fear sweeps in to pounce on me.

It was those feelings of inadequacy that actually drove me to the Lord in the first place. They should be my friends, not my enemies, but when they overwhelm me it's the fear I feel. If I'm quick enough I can catch myself, bow before the Lord and acknowledge my need for him....for I am indeed inadequate...and then off I go again until the next time I forget how unable I am to do any of this stuff called the Christian life.

1Co 1:26 For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble;
1Co 1:27 but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,
1Co 1:28 and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are,
1Co 1:29 so that no man may boast before God.
1Co 1:30 But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption,
1Co 1:31 so that, just as it is written, "LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD."