When the Waiting Feels Like Drowning
- Dr. Michael Stallings
- May 22
- 3 min read
Psalm 130:5 “I wait for the Lord; I wait and put my hope in His word.”
Waiting can feel like the hardest part of the storm. You’ve prayed. You’ve trusted. And still… nothing seems to change. You look for the clouds to break, but the skies stay dark. The silence stretches longer than expected, and your heart starts to wonder if God is really going to come through.
David knew what it meant to wait. Not just passively, but with unmovable hope. In Psalm 130, he describes waiting like a watchman waiting for the morning—longing, scanning the horizon, refusing to give up. And what holds him together isn’t his circumstances. It’s God’s Word. “I put my hope in His word.” Not in how he feels. Not in what he sees. In what God has promised.
When you’re waiting in the storm, you don’t need to figure everything out. You need to hold on to what God has already said. His Word is steady when life is not. It tells you the storm will not last, the night will end, and the God who promised to be near is still right there—even if you can’t feel Him yet.
To be anchored in the storm means waiting with expectation, not despair. It means believing that delay is not denial, and silence is not absence. God is still working. And hope, anchored in His Word, will not disappoint.
Theological Concept: Biblical Hope as Active Trust The waiting described in Psalm 130 is not passive resignation but qavah—the Hebrew word for hope that means to bind oneself to the promise of God. This points to the New Testament concept of hope as “a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul” (Hebrews 6:19). Waiting in faith isn’t idling—it’s active trust grounded in God's character and Word.
Selah:
What promise from God’s Word do you need to cling to during your current waiting season?
How can you shift from frustration to expectancy as you wait on Him?
Pray: Lord, You see how tired I am of waiting. You know how the silence feels like a weight on my chest. But today, I choose to anchor my hope in Your Word—not my feelings, not the timeline I expected, but Your truth. Remind me that You are never late, and never distant. Help me wait with trust, not despair. I believe You are working, even here. Amen.
That's a great reason to have hope in Christ today!
Today's devotional is taken from Anchored in The Storm: Walk with Jesus on Troubled Water. It's available on Amazon here
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