“When We Finally Let Go”

Marcus and Janelle had been married for nine years, and if there was one battle they both quietly fought behind closed doors… it was trusting God.

They loved God. They served. They prayed. They attended Bible Study. They shouted “Amen” at the right places during sermons.

But trusting Him with the painful, real parts — the parts they didn’t talk about often — that was different.

Their marriage had walked through:

• silent nights where neither knew how to comfort each other
• financial drought so severe they left groceries in the cart and walked out
• fertility disappointment after disappointment
• 2 job layoffs in 18 months

Sometimes they didn’t even fight each other… they fought their faith.

There were days they wondered if God forgot them.

There were days they sat in church with a smile while their souls were quietly in pieces.

There were days they prayed… but planned an escape route just in case God didn’t answer.

The breaking point came one Saturday morning.

A bill they thought was paid turned out not to be. Their electricity… was scheduled for shut-off THAT Monday. They sat in their small living room staring at the email in disbelief.

Janelle cried first.

Not loud. Not dramatic.

Just that silent cry — where tears fall before the body reacts.

Marcus felt something in him snap. He felt like a man constantly failing. He got tired of being strong in worship but collapsing emotionally in private.

And right there… sitting on their couch… they both finally admitted the fear they never said out loud to each other:

“We’re scared to trust God because trusting Him makes us feel powerless.”

They realized they were trying to control everything because control made them feel safe.

But it never actually saved them.

That day, they didn’t pray for God to fix the problem first…

They prayed to surrender.

And their prayer wasn’t poetic or deep — it was broken and raw:

“God… this time… we trust You for real. Not halfway. Not with backup plans. Not with timelines. We surrender. Even if You don’t do it how we imagined.”

The miracle wasn’t what happened next…

The miracle was who they became next.

Peace hit them before the answer did.

That following Monday morning, an unexpected notification came in: Janelle had been approved for the remote promotion she applied for four months earlier — the one she forgot she applied for. The promotion came with a raise and a hiring bonus — enough to pay the bill and breathe again.

They wept. But this time… it wasn’t from fear or exhaustion.

It was from release.

They realized God was never late… they just weren’t ready to trust His timing.

Victory

Now when they tell their testimony, they don’t say,

“God came through Monday.”

They say…

“God healed our trust Saturday.”

Because the breakthrough didn’t happen when the bill got paid — the breakthrough came when they surrendered control and trusted God fully, even when the circumstances didn’t shift yet.

Now they live differently:

• they pray expecting
• they worship without fear
• they trust before they see

Their faith isn’t built on results now — it’s built on relationship.

They learned:

Trust isn’t believing God CAN… it’s believing God WILL — and resting in the fact that even if He doesn’t do it your way, He is still faithful.

And their story now encourages others:

“If you can surrender the part of your life you still want to manage — God can heal the part of your life you still hide.”

This couple is proof:

Victory doesn’t begin when God fixes it… it begins the moment you trust Him enough to let go.