How to Have Faith While You’re Tired of Waiting on God
by Team CurlyNikki.com
“Remain steadfast in the Lord as you wait. He will take your hand and walk you through every season victorious. And in his perfect timing…he will hand you over to the one who deserves your love. The good Father treasures your heart and will only give it over to the one he knows will do the same. The seeds you’ve sown in the wait will surely blossom into a heavenly love story if you faint not.” – @Godlywaiting
“He also loves. He also suffered. He also has waited a long time.”- C.S. Lewis
You’ve been waiting on God, and it’s starting to wear on you. Maybe you’ve prayed every prayer you know. Maybe you’ve fasted, cried, journaled, surrendered, and then picked it all back up again. Put it all back down again. Picked up new things… revisited old things that worked when things were working… abandoned them again… You were sure the door was about to open. You had confirmation, you had peace, and still-nothing. You feel like you’re standing still while others are moving forward. Like you’ve been overlooked or left behind. But here’s what you need to know right now: Jesus understands.
He’s not standing at a distance watching you. Notice how you perceive Him when you pray. Where are you directing your prayers? In which direction? Whether it’s up, or left, or right, rarely is it within… exactly where He told you He is. See this. Adjust. He’s loving you from within and guiding you from within this present turmoil. This present waiting season. He’s inviting you to see the Fruit that’s here. The Fire that you’ve found. He’s inviting you into His Suffering. He doesn’t just command us to wait on Grace, to wait on God… He did, too. God the Son demonstrated how to wait on God the Father.
If you’re tired of waiting, this is your sign to stop spiraling. To stop checking the clock. To let go of the pressure and return to Presence. Because what you’re calling delay, Heaven calls perfect timing. Beyond time, it’s already finished. Knowing this helps you realize that this isn’t a holding pattern, it’s holding you together. It’s Holy/wholly necesarry right now, and soon, you’ll see why. That’ll be NOW, too! haha!
1. Jesus waited too, longer than you think.
We talk a lot about the three years of Jesus’ ministry, but what about the thirty years of quiet obedience before that? Thirty years of living in obscurity, helping at home, honoring His parents, being faithful in what looked small. He knew who He was, and yet He waited. He waited until the appointed time, until His hour had come, until the Father (and Mother in the material) said, “Now.” Your waiting isn’t random. And it isn’t wasted. It’s patterned after His.
2. Delay doesn’t mean denial, it means protection.
This season might look like nothing is happening, but in the Spirit, everything is happening. EVERYTHING HAS HAPPENED. Sometimes God slows the timeline to strengthen the root system. He’s not trying to frustrate you or punish you, He’s trying to keep you safe. He’s preserving what He’s building in you so that when it’s time for visibility, you won’t break under the weight of the blessing. Everything happening right now in your experience is for the good of your salvation, it’s for the good of your soul. There’s a reason things didn’t move when you wanted them to, and again, you’ll be able to see why soon.
3. You’re not waiting for purpose, you’re waiting to realize you are the purpose.
It feels like you’re waiting on the thing to happen so you can finally just breathe. Like every week you say, ‘I just gotta get through this week…’ and then the next week, you say the same thing. And you never feel Him. You never feel Joy. You put Joy off. But ‘next week’ never comes. Meanwhile JOY IS HERE. The deeper truth is, the breath is the thing.
The trust, the worship, the presence, the JOY, that’s the real treasure. You were never waiting for a position, a platform, a partner, or a breakthrough. You were waiting to awaken to what’s already inside you. You’re not just carrying a promise. You are the promise, walking and breathing and revealing Heaven here on earth. A walking, talking, breathing, living diamond. Pressure made you 🙂
4. God hasn’t forgotten you, He’s hiding you for glory.
Being hidden feels like punishment when you’re used to being seen, but God hides what He treasures. You’re not missing out. You’re being covered. The quietness of this season isn’t silence… it’s a Holy strategy. He’s not ignoring you. He’s insulating you. When He reveals you, it will be clear that it wasn’t because of hustle, credentials, or connections. It’ll be obvious that it was the Holy Spirit. And that’s the kind of unveiling that can’t be undone. EVERYONE WILL KNOW. EVERYONE WILL SEE WHAT HE DOES IN YOUR LIFE. The pieces are coming together. Patience, JOY NOW, is what you need. Not the thing.
5. You don’t have to perform… you just have to stay close.
There’s this lie that says if you were doing more, praying harder, being better, things would be happening faster. But Jesus never asked you to spin wheels. He never asked you to throw everything at the wall and see what sticks. He asked you to stay. Waiting is not about proving your worthiness, it’s about remembering your worth. Remembering who you are in Him.
You don’t have to earn what’s already yours. You don’t have to audition for a role God already wrote your name on. You just have to keep coming back to Him. Not to the checklist. Not to the pressure. Not to look for results. To Him. And everytime you want to reference the world, feel Him first.
6. He’s in this wait with you, not watching from a distance.
You’re not alone in this. Not for one second. The delay isn’t a test you’re taking while God stands back with a timer. It’s a room He’s sitting in with you. It’s a hallway He’s holding your hand in. He knows what it feels like to wait, to wonder, to wrestle. And He knows how to comfort you even when nothing changes right away. When you can’t feel Him, He’s still moving. When you can’t see anything happening, He’s already shifting everything. He’s healed you.
7. The Joy is already here.
You’ve been waiting for something to shift so you can finally feel Joy again. But here’s the Holy reversal… Joy doesn’t follow the miracle, it reveals the miracle. It IS THE MIRACLE. You don’t have to wait for the answer to feel steady. You don’t have to wait for the breakthrough to feel blessed. You don’t have to wait for the promise to feel held. The Joy is already here, because He is already here.
His Presence is the Joy. This breath is the Joy. This stillness is the gift. Yes, the house will come, the healing will come, the opportunity, the relationship, the open door… they’ll all come. But none of those things can give you what’s already been given. You are surrounded by glory right now. You are already in the sacred. This is not the wait for joy. This is Joy.
You keep saying, GOD WHERE ARE YOU?! And He’s like, ‘Where are you?’ He knows where you are… but your attention is gone. Come back to the Garden.
Final Word
You’ve been asking if the wait will end soon. But Heaven’s been whispering something better…You’re not waiting alone. You’re not being punished. You’re not behind. You’re on holy ground. And just like Jesus, you’re not just waiting for the Kingdom. You’re bringing it. So breathe deep. Rest here. Let this be enough for now. He also loves. He also suffered. He also waited. And now, He walks this with you. You haven’t missed your moment. YOU ARE IT.
