When You Are Waiting on God
A prayer that has been unanswered for months, and the weariness of not knowing how long.
Encouragement
Waiting is the hardest season to be faithful in, because nothing is happening that anyone can point to. But Scripture treats waiting as a place where God is actively at work, not a corridor you are punished in. Those who wait upon the Lord renew their strength. The waiting is not wasted time between the prayer and the answer; it is where your roots go down. You are allowed to say that it is hard. You are allowed to ask how long. God has heard those questions before and answered them with patience rather than rebuke. Keep bringing it to Him. Waiting on God is not doing nothing; it is continuing to look at Him while nothing changes.
Scripture for this season
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
Ready · Read aloud exactly as written in the King James Version.
Guided prayer
Lord, I have been waiting so long, and I do not know how to keep hoping without becoming bitter. Renew my strength while nothing changes. Keep my hope in Your word rather than in my timing. Be near in this long season and let me wait with courage. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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