“Cultivate the greatest confidence that, though you cannot see into your heart, God is working there by His Holy Spirit. Let the heart wait at times in perfect silence and quiet; in its hidden depths God will work. Be sure of this, and just wait on Him. Give your whole heart, with its secret workings, into God’s hands continually. He wants the heart, and takes it” (Andrew Murray).

It takes discipline and intentionality to remain stedfast through seasons of waiting. Waiting is not a passive sport. It’s not sitting by the phone or in front of a computer screen or doomscrolling through your texts and emails.

Waiting on God means that you do everything in your power to be prepared for when God calls your name. It’s preparing the fields to receive the rain. It’s living in a posture of complete surrender to El Shaddai, God Almighty, and to whatever and whenever and wherever He asks of you.

Waiting on God means confessing once again that God, not you or I, knows best. God is the one who sees the entire big picture while you and I see only a tiny part of it. It’s trusting that God’s purposes toward you are true and good. It’s believing that God will work all things, even your present circumstances, for your good and His glory.

Lord, help us to wait well. Help us to be faithful and obedient right where we’re planted until You move us to where You want us next. May we never give up in doing good and never tire of waiting on You because the wait is always, always, always worth it. Amen.