Waiting is one of the hardest parts of faith.
We’re okay with trusting God when the path is clear. We’re even okay with faith when things are moving forward. But waiting? Waiting stretches us. Waiting tests us. Waiting exposes how much we like control.
And yet, waiting is where faith often grows the deepest.
Most of us are waiting on something right now.
An answer.
A breakthrough.
A direction.
A healing.
A door to open—or one to finally close.
And the hardest part isn’t the waiting itself.
It’s the silence that sometimes comes with it.
Proverbs 3 tells us to trust the Lord with all our heart and not lean on our own understanding. That sounds good… until our understanding is all we feel like we have. When clarity is missing, we instinctively want to fill the gap—make a plan, force a decision, rush the process.
But faith in the wild often looks like choosing trust without full clarity.
Waiting doesn’t mean God is absent.
Waiting doesn’t mean God is inactive.
Waiting doesn’t mean you’ve missed something.
Sometimes waiting is God protecting you.
Sometimes it’s God preparing you.
Sometimes it’s God aligning things you can’t yet see.
Psalm 27 encourages us to wait for the Lord and reminds us to take heart while we do. That tells us something important: waiting requires courage. It takes strength to stay faithful when answers are slow and emotions are loud.
And here’s the encouragement you may need today:
God is just as faithful in the waiting as He is in the breakthrough.
Lamentations reminds us that God does not willingly bring grief or delay for no reason. His timing is not careless. His heart is not distant. Even when you don’t feel it, He is working with purpose and compassion.
Faith while waiting doesn’t mean pretending everything is fine. It means choosing trust over panic. It means bringing your questions to God instead of running from Him. It means believing that delay is not denial.
And if you’re tired of waiting, God understands that too.
Encouragement for Today
You are not stuck.
You are not forgotten.
You are not behind.
You are in a season God can use.
Practical Application
This week, practice faith in the waiting:
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Name what you’re waiting for.
Say it out loud to God. Be honest about the frustration, fear, or confusion. -
Resist the urge to rush.
Ask yourself: Am I trusting God—or trying to control the outcome? -
Stay faithful in what’s in front of you.
You don’t need the whole picture to take the next right step. -
Pray for peace, not just answers.
Sometimes peace comes before clarity.