11.1 Amid obstacles let me focus on your ability, not my inability 

athaca enecho prabhu 

kathā bolibāre

Yet still you have brought me here,

To speak your message, O Lord most dear.

My dear Lord, let my humility never become a mask for my lack of faith. Humility is an acknowledgement of my own limitedness and often of my inability, whereas faith is the acknowledgement of your infinite ability and my need for your omnipotence. Here Srila Prabhupada, after humbly admitting his lack of ability, expresses his recognition of your divine plan and his determination to do his part in sharing your message.

Srila Prabhupada is persevering in a mission that most would have considered impossible, and he is persevering not by turning a blind eye toward obstacles but by lifting his eyes above those obstacles to you. Through such perseverance, he has already succeeded before succeeding—he is already internally, spiritually successful. What others saw as the end of possibility, he saw as the beginning of providence. And how wonderfully did you, O infallible Lord, reward his faithfulness! Over the next decade, you made him visibly successful in a way that has hardly any parallels in the history of the world.

O faith-providing and doubt-destroying Lord, please bless me to deeply appreciate and assimilate the example of Srila Prabhupada. When I face gigantic obstacles in my service, let me persevere by focusing not on my inability to remove them, but on your ability to do so.