While You Wait: What God Is Teaching You

“The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.”

— Lamentations 3:25

There’s a kind of waiting that doesn’t just test your patience—it tests your identity.

Waiting isn’t just a pause between the start and the breakthrough. It’s where God does some of His most intimate, transformative work. And I’ve learned this not from a textbook, but from the trenches—when doors closed, when funds ran dry, when hope felt like it was hanging by a thread.

In that space, God wasn’t just withholding answers.

He was forming me.

Here’s what He’s been doing behind the scenes:

1. He refines our desires.

I used to pray for fast wins—funding, partnerships, success. And when things didn’t move, I assumed I was doing something wrong. But over time, I began to see: God was inviting me to see deeper.

Some of the things I wanted were born from fear, not faith.

Some came from ego, not calling.

And in the quiet, He asked me: Do you want success… or do you want Me?

“Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” (Psalm 37:4)

This verse isn’t about God fulfilling shallow wishes.

It’s about God reshaping your soul until your desires align with heaven.

Until you stop chasing what sparkles, and start seeking what sustains.

2. He removes what cannot stay.

Some delays are not denials—they’re divine surgery.

God allowed certain partnerships to break. Some roles had to end. Some people I trusted walked away. And though it stung, I began to understand: these weren’t setbacks—they were sanctification.

If He didn’t remove them, they would’ve destroyed the next season.

“Every branch that does bear fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” (John 15:2)

Letting go feels like loss, but it’s really grace.

It’s God saying, “You don’t need that where I’m taking you.”

3. He builds roots where we once begged for fruit.

There were times I cried out for breakthrough—sales, traction, financial rescue. But all I heard was silence. And all I saw was slow.

What I didn’t know then was that God wasn’t building a platform—He was building roots.

“Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord… He is like a tree planted by water… it does not fear when heat comes… it never fails to bear fruit.” (Jeremiah 17:7–8)

I now understand: when the storm comes, it’s not your wins that keep you standing.

It’s your roots.

The hidden faith. The quiet obedience. The spiritual muscles built in secret.

💬 A Word From My Journey

Waiting has stripped me of many illusions.

It has taught me to show up even when I feel unseen.

It taught me to trust even when i don't understand.

And it reminded me: God doesn’t just prepare the blessing—He prepares you.

💭 Reflection Question:

• What if the thing you’re waiting for isn’t being delayed—it’s being deepened?
• What if this isn’t a detour… but your real becoming?

🙏 Short Prayer:

Lord, thank You for not rushing my story.

Teach me to trust Your timeline.

Refine my heart.

Remove what hinders.

Build in me the kind of faith that can carry the weight of what I’m called to do.

I want roots, not just fruit.

And I want You, more than anything You give.

Amen.