I know you can

I know You can.

Every fiber of my being believes it.

Your arm has never been shortened, nor has Your power grown weary.

You are the same God who thundered on Sinai, who whispered on Carmel,

who split the Red Sea with a breath and carved rivers through the wilderness.

The same God who opened wombs long declared barren, who reversed time itself for a pleading king, who touched lepers with compassion and called the dead back from their graves.

I know You are able.

But here, in my waiting, in this silence that stretches like an endless night,

I feel the weight of Your tarrying hand.

I cry, “Do it here, Lord! Do it now!”

And still, the heavens remain quiet.

So why not this time? Why not this place? Why not for me? You could move in a moment.

One word, one glance, and everything changes.

Yet here I am, lingering in the in-between—

between what I know of You,

and what I do not yet see from You.

And the question that haunts me whispers loud in the night:

What if You won’t?

What if the God who can chooses not to?

Will I still call You faithful?

Will I still believe You are good?

Will I still love You when You withhold what I ache for most?

This is the furnace of faith—

not when You move as I asked,

but when You don’t. It is here, in this silence, that my heart is sifted. Here, where You tarry, I find You asking me: “Do you trust Me because I perform, or because I am?”

And so I bow low, trembling yet resolute.

I will worship You even if the sea does not part. If You won’t part this sea, then teach me to walk on the water with You.

I will cling to You even if the womb stays closed. If loss is my portion, let me be broken for you.

I will serve You even if the fire does not relent.

If You won’t erase the fire, then make me one who walks unburned with the Son of God in the flames. I will believe in You even if the grave stays sealed a little longer.

If You seem late, help me to trust the One who time cannot change.

Because You are not only the God who does—

You are the God who is.

And that is enough.