“Stand on God’s Word until God’s promise becomes your reality.”
A Good Word for You
When You Are Waiting on God
I hear from so many of you asking for prayer, believing God for an answer…yet there seems to be a time of waiting-
Waiting can be one of the most difficult seasons of the Christian life. You may be praying for healing, believing for financial provision, waiting for a prodigal child to come home, asking God to restore a relationship, or standing in faith for an answer that has not yet come.
Some mornings you wake up facing the very same challenge you prayed about yesterday. It can be discouraging when circumstances appear unchanged, and the temptation is to believe that God has forgotten you or that your prayers are accomplishing nothing.
But God’s Word tells us something very different.
Waiting is not a sign that God is absent. Waiting is often the place where God strengthens our faith, shapes our character, teaches us to depend upon Him, and prepares us for what He has already planned. While we wait, God calls us to remain faithful, to continue trusting Him, and to anchor our lives in His promises rather than our circumstances.
Foundation Scripture
Psalm 27:13–14
“I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!”
Notice David says:
“I would have lost heart…”
That means he understood discouragement.
Then he tells us what kept him going:
He believed.
God Is Working While You Wait
Isaiah 40:31
“Those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength…”
Waiting isn’t simply about the answer.
It’s about what God does inside you while you’re waiting.
Lamentations 3:25–26
“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him…It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.”
Habakkuk 2:3
“Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come.”
God’s promises have God’s timing.
Ecclesiastes 3:11
“He has made everything beautiful in its time.”
Keep Trusting God
Proverbs 3:5–6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart…”
Even when you don’t understand.
Psalm 37:5
“Commit your way to the Lord…and He shall bring it to pass.”
Hebrews 10:23
“Hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
Hold fast.
Don’t let go.
Numbers 23:19
“God is not a man, that He should lie…Has He said, and will He not do it?”
God’s promises are trustworthy.
Be Strong While You Wait
Joshua 1:9
“Be strong and courageous…for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
See our post on BEING ANCHORED- HERE
Psalm 31:24
“Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:10
“Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.”
Philippians 4:13
“I can do all things through Christ…”
Stay Faithful While You Wait
Luke 16:10
“He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much.”
Galatians 6:9
“Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”
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Colossians 3:23
“Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord.”
There is a game-plan here;
While you’re waiting-
- Keep faithfully doing what you need to do and are responsible for doing
- Pray without ceasing about your circumstances – not just one time
- Anchor yourself in God’s Word and promises
- Worship while you wait, shifting the focus on His Word and not your problems
- Thank Him for helping you and being faithful to you
“Heavenly Father in the Name of Jesus, thank you that you are faithful and trustworthy. Lord we worship you and we give you all the honor and all the praise. Lord today we give you our heart, we give you our plans, we give you our day and we invite you in Lord. We ask you to lead us and guide us. God we lift to you in prayer our needs and our requests and we ask you to help us solve what we’re not able to solve, provide what we’re not able to provide and show us what we need to do. Lord, what we need to say and set in motion. God, we thank you that your mercies are new every morning. We thank you that no good thing will you withhold from us as we walk towards you and with you. (Psalm 84:11). Lord, you promise that all of our needs would be met according to your riches in glory(Philippians 4:19), And the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead would now quicken us and make us alive. (Romans 8:11). God thank you that you are fighting battles for us that we don’t even know about that. You’re arranging things for us, you’ve blessed us with favor and wisdom and discernment. God we thank you today that you’re making a way for us even when it seems impossible (Matthew 19:26). We give you all the praise and all the glory – and we pray all these things in the Mighty Name of Jesus, the Name that’s above every name. Amen.
Standing with you in faith,
Deborah (Mills) Booth
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