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It's tough, God, when the math just doesn't add up
This phase won't quit, it just weighs and tests me
Everything in me wants to run, to scream, to escape
But Your voice in the quiet calls me to stay

Stay! Trust!

I think of banks, people, favors
Of ways out I can control
But faith doesn't accept guarantees
It's born where reason can't reach

When resources run low, pressure builds up
Fear screams louder than prayer
I want answers, not the process
I want an exit, not the desert

I fight not to complain!

When everything's gone, I lose my footing
I'm limited, I own up to my state
Your hand holds me when my strength fades
It's Your grace that supports me
Even when all is lost

Even when all is lost

I see doors opening for those who know how to play the game
Mine stays shut, teaching me to wait
The clock ticks slow, the silence wants to scream
My faith battles fear and doubt

If I only walk by what I can see
My faith will never grow up
So I stay, even without understanding
Because staying is also believing

When everything's gone, I lose my footing
I'm limited, I own up to my state
Your hand holds me when my strength fades
It's Your grace that supports me
Even when all is lost

It's not an answer
It's staying put!
It's not control
It's dependence!

You don't live by what you can touch
You live by what I tell you to declare
Stay rooted in Me, without wavering
In the right time, I will make you bear fruit

In the right time

When everything's gone, I remain
I lift my hands, I thank You
I don't run to people, in You I throw myself
If the ground fails, in You I rest

When everything's gone, I remain
I lift my hands, I thank You
I don't run to people, in You I throw myself
If the ground fails, in You I rest

I draw you to Me
And I brought you to the desert
Don't leave there
Because it's here I speak directly

It's from here I make vineyards sprout
Where pain silenced your song
From the deep valley, I open hope
Remain where I planted you
Don't run from the ground I prepared

I think of banks, people, favors
Of ways out I can control
But faith doesn't accept guarantees
It's born where reason can't reach

If I only walk by what I can see
My faith will never grow up
So I stay, even without understanding
Because staying is also believing

I fight not to complain!

When everything's gone, I remain
I lift my hands, I thank You
I don't run to people, in You I throw myself
If the ground fails, in You I rest

When everything's gone, I remain
I lift my hands, I thank You
I don't run to people, in You I throw myself
If the ground fails, in You I rest

I will remain, Lord