While I am stuck in the season of loss and uncertainty, trying to understand what is really going on, I still find it hard to get my mind off the situation because it is right there in front of me. I have to deal with it every day. It is hard to let it go. Sometimes I have to force myself to let it go, but that is what we need to do—place it in God’s hands, take our minds off the situation, and channel our thoughts positively.
Knowing that God will work out the situation, we also have to trust His timing. We have to leave it in His hands because if we don’t, we will still carry the worry even as we ask Him to work it out. Isn’t He who He said He is? He said, “I AM that I AM,” in Exodus 3:14
And we know this Scripture:
“For with God nothing shall be impossible.” (Luke 1:37, KJV)
Learning to leave things in God’s hands can be a struggle sometimes, but we have to do it. I left it in His hands and turned away from it. Slightly, it was still there, but I began to realize something important: waiting on God does not mean doing nothing. Sometimes we think waiting means standing still, but God can still work within us while we wait.
Have you ever wondered what you are supposed to do while you wait?
Do you sit there?
Do you stop praying?
Do you give up?
Or is God inviting you into a deeper relationship with Him while you wait?
The waiting season still brings purpose if we know what to do. After feeling discouraged in the waiting, tired, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually drained and worn out, you are praying, and it feels like nothing is happening. No results. Months have passed, and you wonder if God is hearing you.
Your cry of desperation goes up before Him, but I am here to tell you, even in my season of waiting—waiting on God to open the door for a job—yes, it hurts. But I try to train my mind to remember that when I give God something to work out, I do not need to worry about how He will do it.
Here is where it gets difficult for some of us. While we wait, we need to pray, praise, and worship—not just as something simple, but on a deeper level. Even before we see the answer, we have to continue to trust God. We also need to understand what it means to enter into an atmosphere of deeper prayer, worship, and seeking Him.
Praying Deeper Before the Promise Came — Hannah (1 Samuel 1)
The Bible speaks about a woman who refused to give up seeking God’s face for a son. In 1 Samuel 1:10, it says:
“And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.” (1 Samuel 1:10, KJV)
And she vowed a vow and said:
“O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me… but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life.” (1 Samuel 1:11, KJV)
Hannah poured everything out before God. Before Samuel was born, Hannah first had a season of faith, and then she moved into surrender unto God.
Not only did Hannah pray to God for a son, but she turned around and surrendered the boy back to God. In 1 Samuel 1:11, she said:
“Then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life.”
Then Hannah began to worship, pray, and rejoice unto God for the blessing:
“My heart rejoiceth in the LORD…” (1 Samuel 2:1, KJV)
God wants us to be totally surrendered to Him—not only for what He can give us, but so He can get the glory out of what He does in our lives.
The Scripture says:
“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:24, KJV)
We ought to have a heart of surrender, and that is what Hannah had while she waited.
There are several stories in the Bible in which people prayed, praised, and worshiped while they waited, and God responded according to His will and perfect timing.
We can also see this in the lives of Paul and Silas, who were thrown into prison. What did they do that got God’s attention?
Paul and Silas teach us worship.
Acts 16:25-26 (KJV) says:
“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God…”
“And suddenly there was a great earthquake…”
While they were waiting in prison, instead of complaining, they began to pray and sing praises to God, and the prisoners heard them.
So while we are waiting on God, remember this: we should continue to pray, continue to praise, and continue to worship Him.
Because even before the door opens, God is still working.
Stay tuned for Part 6: When the Battle Is Bigger Than What You See.
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