How to Trust God When Nothing Is Changing Yet

“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”

— Psalm 27:14 (NIV)

Ever felt like you’re praying into a void? Like you’ve circled the same request, the same need, the same dream for months—or even years—and all you can see on the horizon is more of the same? You’re not alone.

Think of Sarah, who waited decades for a child. Or Joseph, forgotten in prison after a glimmer of hope. The silence between a promise and its fulfillment isn’t emptiness; it’s unseen preparation. It’s the season where God works on our hearts, building in us the strength, resilience, and faith we will need for the answer when it finally comes.

God’s timing isn’t our timing. His work isn’t always visible progress; sometimes, it’s the quiet, steady growth of roots underground before the plant ever breaks the surface. Our job in the waiting isn't to figure out the timeline, but to cultivate trust in the One who holds it.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

What are you waiting on that feels permanently stuck? A breakthrough? A relationship? Direction? It's exhausting, isn't it? In the stillness, it’s easy to believe God has forgotten you.

But what if this “not yet” is a sacred space? What if, instead of straining to see change, you focused on the one thing that never changes, His faithful character?

Trust isn't the absence of frustration; it's the choice to anchor your hope in His goodness, even while the calendar pages keep turning.

PRAYER:

God, the waiting is hard. When I see no movement, help me to trust Your heart. Strengthen my faith in the quiet. Help me to believe that You are working, even when I can't see it. I choose to place my hope in You, not in my circumstances. Amen.