Goodness in Waiting
“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.” Lamentations 3:25–26
Stop a moment and reflect on things in your life that involved waiting. How long did you wait? Why was it so important? Was it worth it? Why or why not?
Waiting seasons feel empty, but they are God’s workshop. While we focus on what hasn’t arrived, He is forming patience, humility, and deeper faith. Waiting teaches us that goodness isn’t something God merely gives — it’s who He is.
The silence of delayed fulfillment can tempt us to assume God is absent, but waiting is often where He speaks most quietly and clearly.
We learn to listen better.
We learn to release our timelines and trust His.
When we stop striving to make things happen and simply rest in Him, we discover that His timing is not late — it’s layered with purpose.
Every fulfilled promise in Scripture involved waiting: Abraham for Isaac, David for the throne, Israel for the Messiah. God never rushed, but He never failed.
“Let waiting be our work, as it is His. And, if His waiting is nothing but goodness and graciousness, let ours be nothing but a rejoicing in that goodness, and a confident expectancy of that grace. And, let every thought of waiting become to us the simple expression of unmingled and unutterable blessedness, because it brings us to a God who waits that He may make Himself known to us perfectly as the gracious One. My soul, wait thou only upon God!” Andrew Murray – Waiting on God
Something to contemplate today: What am I learning about God in this season of waiting?
