Waiting Isn't a Waste: The Surprising Comfort of Trusting God in the Uncertainties of Life

by Mark Vroegop

In this way, the gaps of life present an opportunity for faith.

Sometimes the translators use “hope” for the same word translated as “wait” in other verses (see Ps. 69:6; Isa. 8:17; Jer. 14:22). That’s because waiting and hope are overlapping ideas.

“This is the blessedness of waiting upon God, that it takes our eyes and thoughts away from ourselves, even our needs and desires, and occupies us with our God.”

“It’s much easier to stop hoping than it is to have your dream deferred again and again.”

Information, timing, expectations, and comfort are often able to be managed. When they’re not at our disposal, a gap is created, and we have to wait.

Underneath our disdain for waiting is our longing for control.

Waiting is normal because of our limitations. It’s a part of the created order, the world in which we live.