Trusting God in a Waiting Season
Waiting can be excruciating.
Not the kind of waiting at the coffee shop, but the kind that aches deep in your soul—the kind that leaves you wondering, “Did I hear God wrong?”
Waiting on healing.
Waiting for that loved one to come back home.
Waiting for a breakthrough.
Waiting for a baby.
Waiting for reconciliation.
I’m in a season of waiting, too. For close to a year, I’ve been waiting for a dream I believe God dropped in my heart—a dream shared in prayers and confirmed by others. Yet, here I am, still waiting, still hoping, still wrestling.
In many ways, waiting feels like walking through a desert. It’s barren, vast, overwhelming, and tiring.
There’s a temptation to lose sight of God’s goodness while in the desert season of waiting. If I don’t tether my heart to God’s promises, I might even lose sight of God altogether.
In chasing what I long for, I often forget that I’m living in the midst of what I once prayed for.
So I talk to my soul: Remember God. Remember His goodness. Trust His timing. Trust His hand.
Here are some verses in the Bible that are helping me anchor my heart:
A theme I’ve wrestled with in this season of waiting is the goodness of God.
We often hear the phrase, “God is good,” tied to testimonies of success or blessings. For example: “Aiden did so well on his recent test—God is good!” or “I just got promoted at my job—God is good!”
But how often do we hear someone say, “Something devastating happened today—God is good”? Or, “We’re running into our 10th year of IVF treatments now—God is good”?
Honestly, even writing these examples felt heavy because it risks downplaying the weight of life’s pain.
This has led me to ask: Why is God good?
Is He good because good things happen to us? Psalm 23:6 comes to mind:
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
Not just on the good days, but all the days—bad ones included.
God’s goodness isn’t tied to my circumstances. It’s rooted in His character and His promises.
It’s revealed in Jesus, who was sent to bear my sin at the cross. That’s where I choose to place my hope, not in the unpredictability of life’s events, but in the steadfastness of who He is.
When I zoom out of my immediate circumstances and recall the overarching goodness of God on my eternal soul, it’s easier to declare that yes, even when things don’t go my way, God is good. I remember John Piper’s encouragement about how, at any point in time, God is working 10,000 things in my life for which I may only be aware of just one thing in that moment.
If you’re in a season of waiting, I want to encourage you: you’ve with a friend here. Waiting is hard, but it’s not wasted. In this time, let’s anchor our hearts in God’s Word and His promises. As the psalmist did, let’s remind ourselves of His faithfulness in the past, His goodness in the present, and His hope for the future. While we wait, we can ask God to tenderly reveal what He’s teaching us and to renew our strength daily.
Trust that the God who sees the end from the beginning is working all things together for our good and His glory.
Take heart, my friend—He is with us in the waiting.
Praying along with you,
