If you're in a season of waiting right now, this post is for you.
Maybe you've prayed, you've believed, you've done everything you know to do — and the answer still hasn't come. The door hasn't opened. The situation hasn't changed. You're in the in-between: between the prayer and the promise.
To my younger self, I would say: learn to wait on the Lord.
Waiting is one of the hardest lessons in the Christian walk, because everything in us wants to fix it, rush it, or figure it out ourselves. But the waiting period is not a punishment, and it is not God forgetting you. Some of the most important work God ever does in us happens in seasons when it looks like nothing is happening at all.
"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." — Isaiah 40:31
The waiting season has benefits
God never wastes a wait. In the waiting period, He is often:
- Building your character — patience, humility, and endurance are formed in the wait, not in the arrival.
- Strengthening your faith — trusting God when you can't see the outcome is where faith grows deep roots.
- Preparing you for what you prayed for — sometimes the delay is protection, because the blessing requires a version of you that the waiting is producing.
- Preparing the blessing itself — God works on both ends of the prayer. "For the vision is yet for an appointed time... though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come" (Habakkuk 2:3).
So what do you do while you wait?
Here is what the waiting period is for — five things to do in the waiting:
1. Grow spiritually.
This is not a season to drift from God; it's a season to go deeper. Stay in prayer and stay in the Word. When feelings say God has forgotten you, the Word says otherwise: "The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him" (Lamentations 3:25). Waiting is not silence — it's a conversation, and the waiting room is a place of intimacy with Him.
2. Build your skills.
God often uses the hidden season to develop what's in you. Learn, practice, prepare. The gifts He placed in you need sharpening, and the waiting period is the workshop. Don't put your life on hold until the answer comes — be faithful with what's in your hand today.
3. Take care of you.
Rest is part of waiting well. "Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him" (Psalm 37:7). Resting is not giving up — it's trusting that God is working while you are still. Care for your body, your mind, and your peace in this season; you will need your strength for what God is bringing.
4. Stay positive.
Guard your heart against comparison — waiting gets harder when we measure our timeline against someone else's testimony. Your season is yours. Keep gratitude louder than frustration, and let hope set the tone of your days.
5. Trust God's timing.
His timing is perfect — not almost perfect, not eventually perfect. Surrendering your schedule is the heart of the wait. What God is doing in you cannot be rushed, and what He has promised cannot be stopped.
Be encouraged
"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD." — Psalm 27:14
The answer may not have come yet — but yet is doing a lot of work in that sentence. God is not late. He is not withholding good from you. He is preparing something, and He is preparing you.
I talk about this honestly and in much more depth in this episode of the podcast. If you're in a waiting season, I pray it encourages you:
I'd love to hear from you: What are you trusting God for in this season? Share in the comments, and let's encourage one another while we wait.
Be blessed,
Mrs. Charity Umar
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