- Jul 30, 2025
When Waiting on God Feels Like Weakness
- Jill Stewart
- Trust and Surrender, Perseverance
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Maybe you are not stuck. Maybe you are being strengthened.
There are seasons when the waiting feels heavier than the trial itself. You have prayed with faith. You have obeyed with trembling. You have stayed when it would have been easier to walk away. Yet there is silence.
The doors do not open.
The answers do not come.
The healing does not happen.
The breakthrough delays.
In the quiet, the enemy whispers that you are behind, that you are forgotten, and that you should have moved by now. But what if the stillness is not punishment, but protection. What if the pause is not failure, but formation. What if the waiting is the place where God is doing His deepest work.
“But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise;
God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong.”
1 Corinthians 1:27 ESV
The world idolizes hustle and visible progress. In God’s kingdom, the weak and willing become the very instruments of His strength. Heaven honors the patient and the faithful, the ones who hold their ground and do not let go of His promises.
Waiting rarely looks powerful from the outside, but heaven sees it differently. It sees a mother who prays for a prodigal child for years. It sees a weary woman who wakes to the same diagnosis and still believes. It sees a servant who shows up with quiet obedience when no one claps and no one notices. Heaven calls this strength. Heaven calls this faith. This is what pleases the Lord.
Waiting Is Not Inactivity. It Is Intimacy.
Throughout Scripture, God does not scold His people for waiting. He blesses them for it.
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14
“Blessed are all who wait for Him.” Isaiah 30:18
“Though it linger, wait for it. It will certainly come.” Habakkuk 2:3
Each verse serves as an anchor for those who stand in the middle of the unknown. Waiting on God is more than trusting what He will do. It is trusting who He is. He is not slow. He is not absent. He is not careless. He is precise. He is present. He is preparing you.
You Are Not Behind. You Are Becoming.
You are not invisible to God. You are not falling apart. You are being refined in ways that cannot be rushed.
The waiting is not weakness. It is worship.
If this season feels hidden, God is not hiding from you. He is shaping something sacred in the unseen. He is strengthening you for what is ahead. He is reminding you that trust is never wasted, even when time feels as if it is.
“I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5
Wait with open hands rather than clenched fists.
Wait with expectancy rather than fear.
Do not wait alone.
Wait with the God who strengthens those who cannot yet fly and who are willing to stand.
The 21‑Day Devotional: Waiting on God
This devotional is for the woman who keeps showing up. It is for the one who is still believing, still standing, and still praying long after the answers have grown quiet. The study is organized into five focused themes, and each section offers Scripture and guidance for a different kind of delay.
Strength in the Waiting. Encouragement for the soul that feels close to the limit.
Stillness and Surrender. Help for the heart that is tired of striving and ready to yield.
Hope and Expectancy. Support for the woman who wants to hope again but struggles to trust.
God’s Perfect Timing. Comfort for the places where it feels as if God is late.
Justice and Deliverance. Strength for long battles that are not yet resolved.
Each day includes one Scripture passage written in full, a teaching rooted in God’s Word, two heart-focused reflection questions, and a closing prayer that helps you respond with trust.
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Your waiting is not a sign of weakness. It is the stage where God is building something unshakable in you.