There used to be a song we sung at my church when I was younger that does like this:
Faith Faith just a little bit of Faith
You dont need a whole lot just use what you got!
Faith Faith Faith just a little bit of faith.
I love this song. Becuase its so true just use the faith you have no matter the situation you are in. But have you ever been in a situation that you had to reach up seemingly out of no where to find that faith. You had to have a supply that you had to grow into or decide that you were going to have before you even felt like you had it.
IT was a faith that comes from adversity and the deep need to win and knowing that God is the only way you are going to win in the capacity you need to win in.
This reminds me of how Abraham hoped against hoped. He just wasnt going to let go. He knew he was supposed to be the father of many nations!
And sometimes we hope and hope and hope and hope and the battle drags on longer than we could have ever expected.
But the just like when a baby comes after labor there is joy, God brings the fulfillment of the thing that we hoped for even when we could barely hang on.