6 Things We Must Consider as We Wait for God to Act

1. Trust That God Has a Path for You, and Will Keep You on It

“Make me know Your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You I wait all the day” (Psalm 25:4-5).

2. Remember That God Is Good, and Desires Good for You

“I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and let your heart take courage; yes, wait for the Lord” (Psalm 27:13-14).

3. Know That God Is Aware of Your Heart’s Desires

“Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday. Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land” (Psalm 37:3-9).

4. Be Assured That God Sees You and Is Thinking about You

“I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; many will see and fear and will trust in the Lord. How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, and has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood. Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, and Your thoughts toward us; there is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, they would be too numerous to count” (Psalm 40:1).

Your walls are continually before Me” (Isaiah 49:15-16). All who have put their faith in God’s Son, Jesus Christ, are His beloved children. God inscribed us on the palm of His hands with the scars from the nails that held Jesus to the cross on our behalf. Never doubt that God sees you while you are waiting on Him to act.

5. Trust That God Is Present with You

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea. … Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our stronghold” (Psalm 46:1-2, 10-11).

6. Ponder and Meditate on God’s Word, Which Will Sustain You

“Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul” (Psalm 54:4).