How to Stop Overthinking and Start Walking in Your Calling with Whitney Lowe | S5 E75
Whitney Lowe is a Christian influencer who wants to see young women excited about God’s work: in the Bible, in history, in the world, and in themselves.
She writes devotionals and creates content on Instagram, a project born from the realization that young women simply do not interact with the Bible enough to be changed by its truth. She lives in Colorado with her husband and three children.
Connect with Whitney:
Follow Whitney on Instagram: @whitneypiersonlowe
Learn more at scribbledevos.com
This week on the Vessels Podcast, Courtney had a conversation with Whitney Lowe about what it looks like to follow God one small step at a time. Whitney shares her journey from quietly posting devotionals online to becoming an author, and how God often builds something meaningful through simple, faithful obedience.
They also talk about identity, surrender, and the tension many women feel when trying to figure out their purpose in a world that pushes platform over presence.
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What you can learn in today’s episode:
Why you don’t need a perfect plan to walk in your calling, just your next yes to God
How small, faithful steps often lead to the bigger things God is building
The hidden danger of tying your purpose to social media or platform growth
What it means to let God reshape your identity when it’s been rooted in performance or comparison
How to walk with others through hard questions and faith struggles with honesty and grace
Episode Blog:
When You Don’t Have the Full Plan, Just Take the Next Step
Have you ever felt stuck because you couldn’t see the full picture of where your life was going?
So many of us feel pressure to figure out the plan before we begin. We want clarity, certainty, and a clear outcome. But more often than not, that’s not how God works.
This week on the Vessels Podcast, Courtney sits down with Whitney Lowe to talk about what it really looks like to follow God in the middle of uncertainty. Her story is not one of a perfectly mapped path. It’s a story of quiet obedience, small steps, and trusting God to build something meaningful over time.
If you’ve been waiting for clarity before you move forward, this conversation is a gentle invitation to start anyway.
God Often Builds Through Small, Faithful Steps
Whitney didn’t set out to become an author.
She simply noticed a need. Young women around her felt intimidated by the Bible. They didn’t know where to start, and many felt disconnected from it entirely. So she began sharing simple, biblically grounded devotionals online.
At the time, it didn’t feel like a big calling. It felt like a small yes.
But over time, those small steps became something more. What started as anonymous posts grew into a thriving online community, a book deal, and now published work that is reaching women in deeper ways.
This is how God often works.
He doesn’t usually hand us a five-year plan. He invites us into the next step. And then the next.
Faithfulness in the small things is what prepares us for what comes later.
You Don’t Need a Platform to Walk in Your Calling
One of the most honest parts of this conversation is the reminder that social media is not the center of your purpose.
It’s easy to believe that impact only happens online. That if you’re not growing a platform, you’re somehow falling behind. But Whitney challenges that idea in a way that feels both grounding and freeing.
There are people in your real, everyday life who need what you carry.
Your obedience matters in your church, your workplace, your friendships, and your family. The quiet ways you show up and live out your faith are not lesser. They are often where the most meaningful impact happens.
When we put too much weight on platform, we risk neglecting the places God has already positioned us to serve.
Identity Rooted in Truth, Not Performance
A core part of Whitney’s story is her struggle with identity.
In a season where she felt surrounded by people who seemed more accomplished, more confident, or more put together, she began searching for something that would set her apart. That search eventually led to an unhealthy attachment to control and performance.
What started as a small choice slowly grew into something that shaped her identity in ways that were harmful.
And that is often how it happens.
When our identity is not grounded in truth, we begin to attach it to things that were never meant to define us. Achievement. Appearance. Approval.
But God, in His kindness, does not leave us there.
Through her journey, Whitney experienced the reality that God pursues us even in our wandering. He gently and sometimes painfully calls us back to what is true.
Not to shame us, but to restore us.
Not to take something from us, but to give us back who we really are.
Creating Space for Honest Faith Conversations
Another powerful part of this conversation is the way Whitney talks about faith, doubt, and questions.
There is a growing desire, especially among younger generations, for something real. Not surface-level answers, but honest conversations that make space for hard questions.
And instead of fearing that, Whitney encourages us to lean in.
As believers, we don’t have to have every answer. But we can be people who are willing to listen, to sit with tension, and to walk with others through their questions with integrity.
Sometimes the most meaningful ministry is not having the perfect response. It’s being present, honest, and rooted in truth.
There is strength in a faith that is willing to be examined and deepened.
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