When Waiting Feels Hard
Waiting on God can feel deeply uncomfortable, especially when you are doing everything you know to do and still feel like nothing is shifting. If you are in a season of waiting right now, you might be wondering why trusting God feels harder than you expected. This does not mean your faith is weak. Often, it means your faith is being stretched.
Looking back on my own journey, waiting felt hardest in my earlier years of faith. Those early seasons were some of the most challenging, because I had not yet seen how faithfully God would come through. Waiting felt uncertain and unsettling. But over time, and through many seasons like that, something began to change. Each time God showed up, it became clear that His timing was not just right, it was perfect in ways I could never have orchestrated myself. Those seasons strengthened my faith and reshaped how I now approach waiting.
Learning to Let Go of Control
Waiting often brings anxiety and impatience to the surface, especially if you are someone who believes you are responsible for shaping your own outcomes. I used to believe that I held the key to my own destiny, that if I wanted something badly enough, it was up to me to make it happen. Letting go of that way of thinking was not easy. Over time, I learned that when God is in control of the outcome, there is peace. When outcomes come from striving, they often carry stress. When they come from God, they carry rest.
This is why the words of Proverbs 3:5 have been such an anchor for me in seasons of waiting. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Waiting is often where this Scripture becomes lived, not just believed. It is where trust moves beyond logic and into surrender, especially when understanding feels limited.
Waiting as Part of the Faith Journey
Scripture shows us again and again that waiting is part of the faith journey. Many of God’s people experienced long periods of waiting before stepping into what was promised. Waiting did not mean God was absent or inactive. It meant He was working in ways they could not yet see. Over time, waiting teaches us that faith is not built through certainty, but through trust.
Faith grows most deeply when outcomes remain unseen. Hebrews 11:1 reminds us that faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Waiting feels hard because it asks us to trust God before we have evidence that things are changing. It requires belief before clarity, and surrender before resolution.
Trusting God’s Timing
One of the most important lessons waiting has taught me is that God’s timing is intentional. While we may feel ready, there is often so much happening behind the scenes that we are unaware of. God is aligning people, circumstances, and timing in ways we could never manage ourselves. Learning this has allowed me to approach waiting with more patience and peace than I once had.
If You Are Tired of Waiting
If you are tired of waiting right now, I want you to know that it is okay to find this season difficult. Letting go is rarely easy. What has helped me is staying focused on Christ, committing to Him daily, and trusting that He is still working, even when I cannot see it yet. Over time, that steady focus brings peace and clarity.
