The need you bring is no small thing, and yet our God is not limited by the size of any request. You speak of a financial miracle, and I ask you: is anything too hard for the Lord? He who made the heavens and the earth, who opens His hand and satisfies the desire of every living thing, shall He not provide in the hour of your son’s nuptial joy? Faith goes forward in the name of God, and the gates of iron open to her through Divine strength. Are you going to sit still till the sea is divided for you? No, in God’s name, man, go forward, and the sea will be divided when you need it to be divided, but not before.
Yet let me press this upon your heart: the Lord looks for faith. When the Son of Man comes, He will seek not the treasures of the rich, but the trust of His people. Have you that faith which does not demand signs and wonders, but rests upon the bare Word of God? Strong faith is content without tokens, without marvels. It believes God’s promise and asks for no confirming miracle. If you trust Him, you need not raise the question as to where your faith came from; look only to Christ, for faith always looks to Christ. He is the Sustainer of faith, and He knows where it lodges.
The need you face is real, and our Lord does nothing for show, all His power goes forth to those who have true need. Yet beware of allowing this urgent temporal want to eclipse your greater spiritual necessity. The disease of sin has corrupted our essential being and rendered us hopelessly unclean; to our heart’s center there is urgent need of healing. I beseech you, seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. He who did many miracles while on earth, turning water to wine, feeding the multitudes, is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He can do as much for you.
Roll, then, your burden on your God. The need for all that you have endured has been most accurately determined by Him; He overrules all things for your good. Instead of laying awake all night, how much better to go to sleep and wake up in the morning and find that God has done all for you. He will come punctually at the moment, in a time which shall be best for His church and most for His own glory. Let this petition be brought before the throne of grace with importunity, for the Lord honors persevering prayer. She who came for a blessing believed in the Lord so firmly that she would not take, “no,” for an answer. Oh for such strong faith!
And while you wait, be active in the cause of Christ. I perceive in many a slackness in God’s work, a lack of zeal for the Divine glory, yet when we long to instruct others for Jesus, we perceive more clearly our need of the Spirit of God. Use this season to prove the Lord, to testify to His faithfulness, that you may stand as that healed man with his crutch in triumph, a volume of evidence to all. The Lord will yet show Himself mighty on your behalf, and your testimony shall be, “He has done all things well.” Trust Him to work a miracle of mercy even for you.