Even when it feels slow, confusing, or unfair, the waiting God allows in your life is never without purpose.
I have never met anyone who enjoys waiting.
I think our shared dislike of waiting is one of the common bonds of humanity. The line at the grocery store. Traffic. A returned text message that never seems to come. Waiting rarely feels pleasant.
Unless we shift our focus.
Very few things in life are exactly what they seem. Taking things at face value works sometimes, but ultimately we have to look beyond what we can see. We have to put on our kingdom lens, so to speak, and ask what God might be doing underneath the surface.
When He has us in a season of waiting, we can conclude a few things:
- He loves us and is a good Father
- He has our best interest at heart
- He knows more than we do
- He is sovereign
Knowing these things about God does not automatically make waiting easy, but it does steady us. It reminds us that something deeper is happening.
He Loves Us
This is the foundational truth everything else in our life should be built on.
It changes the way we see ourselves. It changes the way we see our circumstances. It changes the way we interpret delays and detours.
If love is what motivates our Creator, then even when things are not going our way, we can rest. Not because it all makes sense. Not because it feels comfortable. But because we know His heart.
Scripture tells us:
“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
— Romans 5:8 (ESV)
And again:
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.”
— 1 John 3:1 (ESV)
If you have children of your own, it is a little easier to grasp this kind of love. You would move heaven and earth for them. You protect them. You guide them. You say no sometimes. You let them wait sometimes. Not because you enjoy their disappointment, but because you can see what they cannot see.
Even loving my own children more than I can put into words, I still sometimes find it hard to fully comprehend that kind of love from God. It feels almost too steady. Too faithful. Too constant.
But His love is not based on my performance. It does not fluctuate with my obedience. It is not pulled back when I question Him.
When we are waiting, we are still loved.
When we are confused, we are still loved.
When we do not understand, we are still loved.
Waiting does not cancel love. Sometimes it is an expression of it.
He Has Our Best Interest at Heart
When I think about God’s intentions toward us, one verse comes to mind immediately:
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
— Romans 8:28 (ESV)
All things.
The betrayal.
The diagnosis.
The prayer that feels unanswered.
The opportunity that slipped through your fingers.
How can so much pain and suffering exist under the authority of a good God?
We have to put our eternal, kingdom-focused lens back on. God is not the author of confusion or chaos, but that does not mean He does not use both to accomplish His purposes. He wastes nothing.
“For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.”
— 1 Corinthians 14:33 (ESV)
Nothing touches our lives without first passing through His hands. That does not mean we will understand it in the moment. It does mean we can trust that He sees the whole picture.
Waiting may feel like a detour. It may actually be direction.
He Knows More Than We Do
Do you ever question God? Not just His timing, but His ways?
You are not alone.
We tend to turn to God most when we feel out of control or at the end of ourselves. The truth is, we are more dependent than we realize. We hold tightly. We try to manage outcomes. We convince ourselves that if we just try harder, we can secure the result we want.
But that kind of striving rarely brings peace.
Isaiah reminds us:
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
— Isaiah 55:8–9 (ESV)
And Proverbs says:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.”
— Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV)
If He sees the beginning and the end, and we only see what is right in front of us, then maybe waiting is not something to resist. Maybe it is something to surrender to.
He Is Sovereign
God’s sovereignty is something I still try to grasp daily.
It does not just mean God is in control. It does not just mean He is all-knowing. It does not just mean He is all-powerful. It goes deeper than all of that.
In one of his sermons, Charles Spurgeon, the English preacher and theologian, said:
“There is no attribute of God more comforting to his children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe troubles, they believe that Sovereignty hath ordained their afflictions, that Sovereignty overrules them, and that Sovereignty will sanctify them all.”
That should give us comfort.
Our wills, ways, and whims do not overpower God. We cannot derail His plans. In other words, we are not as important as we sometimes think we are.
We get wrapped up in pride and forget that the clay does not tell the potter how to shape it.
“But now, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.”
— Isaiah 64:8 (ESV)
We do not supersede Christ.
Waiting may feel like everything has stopped, but it has not. God is still working. He is still ruling. He is still accomplishing His purposes, even in the pause.
And that is not meant to discourage us. It is meant to steady us.
Shift the lens.
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