Purpose Protocol #2: The Reality of High-Visibility Women
The Hidden Weight of Being God-Appointed, Not Self-Appointed
High-Visibility Women often wrestle with this question:
Am I called to be a #1 or a #2?
This is part of our struggle. The culture tells us we must always lead from the front, but the Kingdom shows us another pattern: one where both #1’s and #2’s are vital, powerful, and God-appointed.
But in either case, the enemy tries to make you doubt the assignment, question your worth, and dishonor the order God has established.
The Hidden Weight of a #2
The world dismisses you as “just support,” but the kingdom calls you essential.
You may be just as gifted as the #1, but your excellence is proven in partnership.
You become eyes, ears, hands, or the voice; whatever the assignment requires.
You intercede, you absorb pressure, and you wrestle pride so it doesn’t turn into division.
You may serve as a #2 for a season, as part of your refining process into a future #1. Or you may serve as a #2 for a lifetime impacting communities, cities, nations and generations though the world never knows your name.
The Crushing Fire of a #1
The world criticizes you, but they don’t see the cross you carry.
You live under relentless opposition and betrayal.
You die to yourself daily, more deeply than most believers ever will.
You endure a long development phase from call → process → commissioning, and many never make it because they refuse to surrender to God’s timing and training.
You carry scars of rejection, but God still calls you to trust and lead.
You’re often the “wild one,” willing to obey when others shrink back, even at great personal cost.
God-Appointed vs. Self-Appointed
Here’s the deeper reality: you don’t choose these assignments…God does.
We cannot forget this truth: “God-Appointed” is not the same as self-appointed.
There is honor and favor associated with those who discern and acknowledge what God is doing. His ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8–9). Many are not where they should be simply because they dishonored those whom God appointed.
The world says, “Be whatever you want to be.” The Kingdom says, “Surrender to the assignment God has chosen for you.”
You don’t pick when you’re born. You don’t pick who you’re born to. You don’t pick your sex. You don’t pick your assignment. You surrender.
And here’s the irony: #2’s often wish they were #1’s, and #1’s often wish they could step back into the safety of being #2’s. But the question isn’t what do you prefer..it’s will you answer your true call, not the one you’d rather have?
When the World Gets It Backwards
Being a #2 doesn’t mean you surrender success. Many #2’s are high-level executives, entrepreneurs, or influencers in their own right. What they surrender is the largest, shiniest spotlight.
Some of the most powerful women I know are “stay-at-home” wives (#2’s) to prominent men. They don’t carry official titles in the world, but they are secret weapons, strategic guides, and spiritual anchors for their families and communities, shaping generations to come.
This is the upside-down way of the Kingdom; what looks small to the world often carries the greatest generational weight.
In fact, I believe the Lord is shaking up the professional lives of some successful women right now. He is calling many wives back into His order: re-prioritizing marriage and motherhood over career. Not because money doesn’t matter, but because He is opening new realms of wealth without toil and creating more opportunities for women to live and work as they were designed if they will answer this call.
Why This Work Matters
When we dismiss or dishonor #1’s and #2’s, we miss the very order through which God moves.
Joseph and Daniel—#2’s who preserved nations and kingdoms.
Bezalel and Oholiab—appointed by name as leader and assistant to build God’s dwelling place.
Paul and Timothy—generational partnership that sustained the Church.
To be #1 or #2 is not about rank in the world’s eyes—it’s about divine order. And that order determines whether systems, families, and even nations stand or fall.
That’s why #1’s and #2’s, regardless of industry or assignment, need specialized support and training. As you move into higher levels of influence, it requires greater depth of understanding: unwritten rules, unusual alliances, and uncommon preparation.
The True Stakes
Some of us are out of alignment, not because we don’t know what to do, but because God is still working on our hearts to help us ask:
👉 Who am I called to be, and who am I called to serve?
Even if you don’t identify as a #1 or #2, you know them. Some of you have birthed them. Many of us will be called to cover and support them.
And when they move differently than you, don’t resent it…Recognize it. Honor it. Partner with it.
A Prayer for High-Visibility Women
Father,
I pray that Your daughters who are called to spaces of high visibility will now say yes to the call. May they discern clearly whether they are called to a #1 or #2 mantle. Give them courage to embrace the hidden labor, the misunderstood mantle, and the weight of their assignment—whether temporary or for a lifetime. Surround them with honor, order, and grace.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
✨ You are not “less than” if you are a #2. You are not “too much” if you are a #1. You are God-appointed. You are necessary.
👑 High-Visibility Women carry unique assignments and need specialized training. In the months ahead, I’ll be opening a private space for those ready to go deeper in this work. Stay tuned.