The clock ticks slowly when you're waiting. Minutes stretch into hours. Days into weeks. The space between what is and what's yet to come feels vast and uncertain.
I used to view waiting as empty space – a gap to be filled, a problem to be solved. Something to push through, to overcome. But I've come to see that waiting isn't always about what's coming next. Sometimes it's about what's happening now.
Exodus 14:14 tells us, "The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." In our stillness, God is moving. In our waiting, He is working.
I remember a season when everything seemed on hold. Prayers that felt unanswered. Doors that remained closed. Hope that flickered like a candle in the wind. Each morning brought the same questions, the same uncertainty.
But in that waiting, something changed. Not my circumstances – not yet – but my awareness. I began to notice the small graces. The unexpected phone call. The strength I didn't know I had.
God's presence doesn't announce itself with fanfare. It often comes in whispers, in the spaces between our plans and expectations. It reveals itself in the peace that doesn't make sense given the circumstances. In the strength that appears just when we think we've reached our limit.
When the Israelites stood at the edge of the Red Sea, enemies behind them and water before them, they weren't just waiting for deliverance. They were witnessing God's power unfold in real time. Their waiting wasn't empty – it was filled with God's presence, His protection, His provision.
The same is true for us. Our waiting isn't empty space. It's ground where God meets us, shapes us, speaks to us.
So how do we experience His presence in these waiting seasons? We open our eyes to look for it. We calm our hearts to listen for it. We practice gratitude that helps us recognize it. We reach out to others who remind us of it.
And we trust that the God who has been faithful before will be faithful again. Not because our circumstances deserve it, but because that's who He is.
In your waiting today, remember – you're not waiting alone. The same God who parted the seas is present with you, working in ways you may not yet see, bringing purpose to every moment.
Because in the waiting, God isn't just preparing something for you. He's preparing you for something. And His presence is the greatest gift of all.