“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14 NIV
As I’ve worked so hard this past month on my new online store, I realized something surprising…
The hardest part hasn’t been creating the designs, building the pages, or putting everything together.
It’s been the waiting.
Waiting for it to come together.
Waiting for things to fall into place.
Waiting to see fruit from the work.
And if I’m honest, that waiting can feel heavy.
But in the middle of it, I keep coming back to this truth: in God’s time, it will happen.
Waiting is one of the quietest struggles of faith.
It doesn’t look like a battle from the outside—but inside, it can feel like everything is stretching thin. Prayers seem to echo. Doors stay closed. Time moves slower than we’d like. And we begin to wonder if God hears us… or if we’ve somehow been forgotten.
But waiting with God is never wasted.
In the stillness, He is strengthening roots you can’t yet see. In the silence, He is shaping your heart to carry what you’ve been praying for. What feels like delay is often divine preparation.
God isn’t asking you to wait because He’s withholding something good—He’s asking you to trust that He is good.
And when the answer comes, you’ll realize… the waiting was part of the gift.
Reflection Questions:
1. What am I currently waiting on God for?
2. How have I seen Him work in past seasons of waiting?
3. What might God be developing in me right now?
Dear Lord, waiting is hard. You see the questions I carry and the answers I long for. Help me trust You in the silence and lean on You in the unknown. Strengthen my heart, steady my spirit, and remind me that You are working even when I cannot see it. Teach me to wait with faith, not fear. In Jesus’ name, amen.