“For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.”
Romans 8:19-22
Waiting is hard. It’s that heavy ache in your chest when the doctor hasn’t called back, when the prodigal hasn’t come home, when the healing hasn’t happened. In these moments, our hearts grow weary with watching and waiting for God to move. Trust me, I’ve been there.
The world before Christ knew this heartache all too well. The Greek word Paul uses for “eager expectation” (apokaradokia) paints a beautiful yet painful picture—like someone craning their neck forward, searching the horizon with such intensity that nothing else matters. Perhaps you know this posture all too well, this straining to see God’s answer on the horizon.
Your heart wasn’t meant to carry the weight of waiting alone. We feel it in hospital waiting rooms, in midnight prayers, in relationships that need mending. That ache in your soul? It echoes a deeper truth—we were made for more than this broken world offers, and God knows it.
Sometimes the silence feels deafening. Has God forgotten? Has He turned away? Yet even in your deepest questions, heaven is never still. Maybe you can’t see it yet, but like a master artist preparing His canvas, God is working in your waiting.
“What we wait for is not as important as what happens to us while we are waiting. Trust the process.” – John Ortberg, pastor and author known for his deep insights into spiritual formation. Like seeds beneath winter soil, our greatest growth often happens when everything seems dark and still. God is faithful even then.
Your tears are sacred to Him. Every sigh, every moment of longing is precious to God. When you think nothing is happening, He’s collecting every tear, weaving it into a story of redemption that will leave you breathless when it’s finally revealed.
Heaven has heard every whispered prayer. Those nights when you thought no one was listening, the times when hope felt foolish, the moments when faith was hanging by a thread—God was there, closer than your next breath, collecting every word.
You’re not alone in this waiting. Listen closely—our world still echoes with ancient longings. We see it in headlines, hear it in conversations, and feel it in our hearts. But unlike those who waited before Christ, we wait to know God’s track record of faithfulness.
God’s promises have an expiration date called fulfillment. Just as the world’s long wait for the Messiah ended in a manger, your season of waiting will give way to wonder. His timing may be mysterious, but in all of history, He’s never been late.
Godseekers, your waiting holds purpose. Like those who watched and prayed before Christ’s first coming, we’re part of a greater story—one where every tear will be dried, every wrong will be made right, and every waiting heart will find what it’s been looking for all along.
Prayer
Loving Father, when waiting weighs heavy on our hearts, remind us of Your faithfulness. Help us to see the beauty You’re creating in our waiting seasons. Give us strength to hope when hope feels foolish, and eyes to see Your hand at work in the silence. In Jesus name, Amen.
Personal Reflection
What has your heart been waiting for, and how can you invite God into that waiting space?
How might your current season of waiting become a testimony of God’s faithfulness to others?
Step of Faith
Today, reach out to someone else who’s waiting. Share how God has been faithful in your seasons of waiting, and pray together for eyes to see His work in the waiting.
