Self-sufficiency is synonymous with pride.

Faith is the opposite of anxiety. If you are anxious & are trying to control everything & if you are worried about many things, you don't have faith says Jesus. You do not trust that God is good and on your side. You're trying to do it all yourself, trying to lift yourself up by your own bootstraps.

We need to giveaway control. That's the test of our faith. People of faith don't have to control everything, nor do they have to change people.

John 15:5
"Apart from Me you can do nothing..."