God Works in the Waiting
"Wait for the Lord, be strong, and let your heart take courage, wait for the Lord" - Psalm 27:14
Nobody likes waiting. It feels slow, pointless, and, honestly, it often feels like God is doing nothing. You pray, you plan, you show up in faith, but then you sit in silence. And that silence can start to sound like rejection. But you need to understand something. Silence is not absence. And delay is not denial.
Waiting seasons are not wasted seasons. They are often the moments where God does His deepest work in you. When your prayers aren’t answered overnight, that is where your faith matures. That is where your trust deepens. That is where you learn to listen, surrender, and let go of your timeline.
We live in a world that teaches us to chase results, to always look ahead to what’s next. But God often leads us into places where nothing seems to be moving because He is shaping something in the stillness that could not be shaped in the spotlight. The waiting becomes a classroom. It’s a place of transformation.
There is something about waiting that forces you to face what you believe. Do you only trust God when the door opens quickly? Do you only believe in His power when you see progress? Or are you willing to walk with Him in the dark, even when there’s no visible proof of what’s ahead?
You may not see the movement yet. You may not feel momentum. But make no mistake, God is moving. Sometimes the miracle is not what happens after the wait. But instead, the miracle is what happens to you in the wait. You become different. Stronger. More surrendered. More like Jesus.
I want to encourage you to keep showing up in faith. Let God work in you while you wait for what He will do through you. The waiting room might not be where you want to be, but it just might be where you need to be.
Nobody likes waiting. It feels slow, pointless, and, honestly, it often feels like God is doing nothing. You pray, you plan, you show up in faith, but then you sit in silence. And that silence can start to sound like rejection. But you need to understand something. Silence is not absence. And delay is not denial.
Waiting seasons are not wasted seasons. They are often the moments where God does His deepest work in you. When your prayers aren’t answered overnight, that is where your faith matures. That is where your trust deepens. That is where you learn to listen, surrender, and let go of your timeline.
We live in a world that teaches us to chase results, to always look ahead to what’s next. But God often leads us into places where nothing seems to be moving because He is shaping something in the stillness that could not be shaped in the spotlight. The waiting becomes a classroom. It’s a place of transformation.
There is something about waiting that forces you to face what you believe. Do you only trust God when the door opens quickly? Do you only believe in His power when you see progress? Or are you willing to walk with Him in the dark, even when there’s no visible proof of what’s ahead?
You may not see the movement yet. You may not feel momentum. But make no mistake, God is moving. Sometimes the miracle is not what happens after the wait. But instead, the miracle is what happens to you in the wait. You become different. Stronger. More surrendered. More like Jesus.
I want to encourage you to keep showing up in faith. Let God work in you while you wait for what He will do through you. The waiting room might not be where you want to be, but it just might be where you need to be.
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Whew. You hit on the mark this morning Pastor Ed. It’s easy for me to say something to someone but harder to put it into action. I’m glad that we use the word practice. If it wasn’t for people like you and the word of God Himself I would get myself into a lot of problems. When things happen where it allows room for fear to get in I can and have started to do things in order to avoid the outcome I’m afraid of. It used to really cause a lot of issues in my life. But yeah because of this word I am able now to hold back and trust God more often. I just need to think on His goodness and His love for me. My hangup now comes from my own actions when it does. I think is God diciplining me? Maybe. But atleast I know it isn’t Him punishing me. So I pray and turn back to Him even though it may even have only been a few hours since I last spoke to Him. Stay close.
"I think is God disciplining me? Maybe. But at least I know it isn’t Him punishing me." I thank God for what you wrote today Cj. Thank You God for working in Cj and Pastor Ed.
Great Reminder Pastor Ed, its just the love one's around me can't see what I see , so it becomes discouraging and sometimes even more challenging because they get upset with me and say I'm doing nothing but yet I'm actually in the waiting room.
Good morning Pastor, one of God’s greatest work is in the womb of a mother. In the stillness of the womb a miracle is being formed. In that God has already shown us what He can do in the stillness. Thank you for reminding me that waiting and being patient has purpose. God always knows what’s best!!!
I often times feel like i am always in a rush, always wanting an immediate result and this reminders me to stay present where my feet are. Thank goodness!! This was the perfect message to hear. Thank You Jesus.
thanks Pastor Ed.
thank you Ed...im waiting for my son to come back... our relationship has been disconnected for about 9 years now... and its been tough on me... just when i think things are getting better, its just a jolt backwards... but God is faithful!
There have been times that my prayers have been answered by the next morning, like major prayers. Some come slow. Currently I pray for my 19, he is homeless in Nashville for a year now. I go months without hearing from him. I get down on my hands and knees daily surrender this to Him. I know, I have faith, that in Our Lords time, my only child will come to Him. I don't feel at all like Our King is rejecting me, but instead I have faith that He is working on my son in His own time. And he is showing me to have patience on with His Movement.
Oh Lacy my heart is with you. I am so sorry. God is with you and him both. Thank you for sharing this with us here. I’ve been the kid homeless on the streets of a faraway city. I remember the time when i broke down on that pay phone crying uncontrollably to my own mother for help. A veteran in the Navy living off the other kids there my age i would drink with. So tired of living the way i was. My thing was a complete failure at life due to unresolved anger preventing me from learning with a terrible obsession to drink it away. It was a long and hard road to walk but l was on the road with God. He used everything in my life to lead me closer to Him. My poor mother who had to witness it all and that’s why I feel for you so much. Hang in there Lacy. I hope you know that Gods got him. Please take care of yourself and don’t ever feel guilty about the decisions you may have to make along the way. It was all worth it.