Back in February, I was in a special village where I’ve seen God work in miraculous ways before. This time, I was ready for Him to move again.

We had paid a drilling company to put in a well at the site where a new church had been planted. For hours we waited. People stood watching with hope and anticipation. We prayed. We read Scripture. We asked the Lord to show Himself strong before the people. We longed to be a blessing to the people of Finlande.

But no water came.

It was hard. Disappointment set in, and if I’m honest, discouragement began to creep into my heart. I couldn’t understand why the Lord would let us come this far and then seem silent.

Then this past Saturday, April 11, I got a message from my friend Jason Rishel. It was a video of water shooting out of a pipe like a geyser. Along with it was this simple message: “God never fails. 🙌”

And in that moment, the Lord reminded me of something I needed to learn: wait.

So often, I want to make things happen on my timetable. I want answers now. I want results now. I want God to move the way I expect. But the Lord has been teaching me that faith is not about controlling outcomes. It is about trusting His timing.

Psalm 40:1 to 2 says, “I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock.”

Waiting on the Lord is not wasted time. It is where He shapes us. It is where we remember who we are: His children, and He is our good Father. Waiting reveals the condition of our hearts. It tests our faith. It teaches us surrender.

Maybe you’re in a season of waiting right now. Maybe you’ve prayed, hoped, and asked God to move, but nothing seems to be happening.

Take heart: God has not forgotten you.

The question is not only, “What am I waiting for?” The deeper question is, “Am I waiting for my answer, or am I waiting for my Lord?”

His timing is perfect. His plans are good. And He never fails.

Robert Canfield