You have no idea when or how God will answer your prayers, but don't stop praying.

I threw in the obligatory "if it be Your will" at the end. That tagline may sound spiritual, but it was less a submission to God's will and more a profession of doubt. If you aren't careful, the will of God can become a cop-out if things don't turn out the way you want.

We see through a glass darkly because all we want is to be comfortable.

God already has it figured out. He knows the end from the beginning. But here's the key: He doesn't give us the details. If you knew how everything was going to work out, it wouldn't take faith.

You may not be down to your final heartbeat, but you may be down to your last paycheck, solution, or thimble of faith. Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear.

Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.

Lord, I believe; help my unbelief' is the best any of us can do really, but thank God it is enough.

that trust means letting go of the need to know, of the need to be certain. And a long and honored Christian practice, diverse as it is, already existed that understood that process.

Because doubt drives us to know and understand, it has the power to lead you to the One who knows and understands everything. Your capacity to doubt can drive you to God, but not always. This is why we need to talk about doubt, because this God-given capacity, wrongly functioning, can be disastrous.

There are times when you cannot understand why you cannot do what you want to do. When God brings the blank space, see that you do not fill it in, but wait. The blank space may come in order to teach you what sanctification means; or it may come after sanctification to teach you what service means. Never run before God's guidance. If there is the slightest doubt, then He is not guiding. Whenever there is doubt—don't.

Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.

True faith goes into operation when there are no answers.