Job 13:15 (KJV) βThough he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.β
Real faith is not proven by ease, but by endurance. Itβs easy to trust when things make sense. But when God is silent, and pain is loudβfaith that wonβt let go emerges. Jacob wrestled all night, wounded in the hip, yet he refused to release the angel until he received the blessing ( Gen 32:26). That is the faith that fights through fatigue.
Job knew this kind of faith. Though crushed by loss, abandoned by comfort, and confused by Godβs silence, he said, βThough He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.β This wasnβt blind optimism; it was deep-rooted trust. And in the end, God honored itβrestoring Job with double for all his sorrow (Job 42:10). Suffering didnβt destroy his faithβit revealed it.
Even the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15 kept pleading when others wouldβve walked away. Jesus tested her faith, not to break her, but to draw it out. He called it βgreat faith.β The faith that wonβt let go is persistent, prayerful, and often born in pain. God doesnβt overlook it. Hold onβeven if you’re limping. The blessing is often on the other side of the struggle.
Further readings:
Hab 3:17β19
Mat 15:21β28
Rom 4:18β21
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