We don’t like to wait.

We wait in traffic, in line, on hold—but spiritually? Most of us don’t know how. We whisper quick prayers and hope to feel something. We read a few verses and try to move on with a good attitude. But what if the thing you need most won’t come quickly? What if the God is waiting… for you to slow down?

Isaiah 40:31 says, “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.”

Not they who hurry, not they who figure it out. They who wait.

Learning to wait on God doesn’t come naturally. It feels like nothing’s happening. But in the stillness, something deeper begins. If you’ve ever sat long enough in prayer for the noise in your head to settle… you know what I mean. The tears start to come. Words run out. And somehow, God draws close.

Jesus told His disciples to wait, too. After the resurrection, just before He returned to heaven, He didn’t give them marching orders. He gave them space to wait.

“Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised…” (Acts 1:4)

He knew they would need more than instruction. They would need power. And that power would come from the Holy Spirit—but not on their timeline. Not in a rush.

That’s the part we struggle with, isn’t it?

We want the Holy Spirit to move in our lives, but we don’t always posture ourselves to receive Him. We want clarity, direction, peace… but we fill the silence instead of sitting in it.

What if the very things you’ve been praying for are on the other side of staying a little longer? What if the breakthrough you need isn’t in more effort—but in more surrender?

Jesus said in Matthew 7: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

Ask. Seek. Knock.

It’s not a formula—it’s an invitation. An invitation to keep showing up. To believe that the Spirit of God actually wants to meet with you, guide you, strengthen you… but maybe not in the quick and tidy ways we’d prefer.

This is a nudge back to that posture:
The one that waits.
The one that asks.
The one that trusts power will come—not from hustle, but from the Spirit of God.

If you’ve been feeling dry, or just spiritually tired… maybe don’t rush past that feeling. Maybe it’s the very thing that draws you into the deeper kind of strength God always meant for you to have.