When You Can’t See Around the Corner

Our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. —2 Corinthians 4:17

Several months ago, the Lord introduced me to the daughters of Zelophehad in Numbers 27, a story of five brave women who trusted God enough to ask for something not yet within reach but fully anchored in His promise. I want to be like those daughters.

I want to trust God’s promises before I see fulfillment, to pray and plan and ask boldly. But if I’m honest, that kind of faith doesn’t come easily to me.

Suffering has a way of shrinking your vision. When the fog of hardship won’t lift, it’s hard to imagine a future that looks different.

But the daughters of Zelophehad remind me that God’s promises are still true, even in the tension of the not yet. And that faith doesn’t always look like a loud declaration. Sometimes, it looks like quiet asking. Like believing God enough to make plans for the land you haven’t touched yet.

And just like the hard wasn’t the end for those daughters, it’s not the end of my story either.

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Portia Collins, “Learning from the Daughters of Zelophehad,” Every Word Matters, 3/31/25, https://portiacollins.substack.com/p/learning-from-the-daughters-of-zelophehad

Scripture taken from The CSB