He’s Not Trying to Hurt You

When God doesn’t remove the thing you prayed would go away—

it can feel like rejection.

Like silence.

Like maybe He isn’t listening.

But what if the opposite is true?

What if He’s saying:

“I trust you with this tension.”

Not to crush you.

But to craft you.

To prepare you for something so weighty,

you’ll need this level of resistance just to stand under it.

You thought He left you in the fire…

But He was forging a weapon.

You wanted escape.

He wanted endurance.

That’s not abandonment.

That’s divine belief.

Let that change how you carry what hasn’t been lifted yet.

~ Praise God

CarMichael | The Voice of Strength