"In the Waiting, God Remains" - 10/18/25

Scripture (NIV):
"I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope."
—Psalm 130:5

Waiting is never easy. It is a space that stretches the soul. We wait for healing, for reconciliation, for clarity, for change. And too often, we view waiting as wasted time. But Psalm 130 invites us into a deeper way of being—it teaches us how to wait with hope.

The psalmist writes, “I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits…”—this is not a casual pause, but a full-bodied, soul-deep waiting. It is active, not idle. And what strengthens it? “In his word I put my hope.”

To wait on God is not to resign ourselves to passivity—it is to root ourselves in His promises. His Word becomes our anchor, not because it answers every question immediately, but because it reminds us of who God is: faithful, near, and never late.

The Hebrew root for “wait” in this verse, קָוָה (qavah), implies tension—like a cord being pulled tight. Waiting is a stretch. It pulls on our patience, our endurance, our trust. But in that stretch, something is being shaped in us: a deeper dependence, a quieter confidence, a more refined faith.

In Korean culture, there’s a quiet virtue called 기다림 (gidarim)—the practice of patient endurance. It’s found in mothers waiting for sons to return from military duty, elders cultivating fields season after season, or even in the slow brewing of tea. Gidarim is not passive. It is love stretched over time. And that is what God invites us into—not just to wait for something, but to wait with Him.

What changes when we wait with God?

• We stop measuring time by frustration and begin marking it by faithfulness.
• We stop filling silence with noise and start listening for whisperings of grace.
• We stop demanding clarity and start practicing surrender.

In seasons of waiting, the temptation is to rush, to control, to despair. But scripture reminds us: those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength (Isaiah 40:31). Waiting is not the absence of movement—it is the posture of trust.

Today, what are you waiting for?
Can you bring that longing into prayer—not to solve it, but to share it with the One who sees?
Can you hold that space gently, believing that even here, God is doing something unseen?

Sometimes, the greatest miracle is not the thing we’re waiting for—it’s what God forms in us while we wait.


Prayer:
Lord, I bring You my waiting today. You know the longings I carry. Teach me not just to wait for an answer, but to wait with You. Strengthen me with Your Word, and shape me into someone who trusts deeply, even in the dark. Amen.