Is It Hard for You to Stand Still and Wait on the Lord?

• By candidasullivan
• June 5, 2026
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Is it hard for you to stand still and wait on the Lord?

Yes, oh yes. I’m ready to go. To move forward and do something different. I want God to tell me what to do so we can do it. I feel anxious in the waiting. I need to see the plan. I want to pour everything I’ve got into the work. 

But there’s a fine line between obedience and striving. 

The truth is that I can’t do this work on my own. There are no training videos or manuals. Oh, how I would love to have a step-by-step guide. The waiting and uncertainty are so hard for me. 

Honestly, that’s what this is all about. Doing this work with the Lord. Day by day, word by word. I want enough to sustain me for the rest of my life, and God gives me what we need for today. 

Exodus 16:4 KJV

4 Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

God will give us what we need for tomorrow. But it will arrive tomorrow. Sometimes I get so focused on tomorrow that I neglect to gather what He has for me today. 

Today, there are words to write. 

Today, there are prayers to pray. 

Today, there are things God wants me to do. 

While some things can be planned, some things can only happen in the moment because they require God’s Spirit. We can’t do this work without God’s Spirit. Without Him, it’s all just words. With Him, there’s power in the words. 

It’s a heart posture. Do I desire to hear what the Lord wants me to write or speak, or do I just want to check off the box and do the thing? I’m going to be honest, that last question stung. So often, I just go through the motions. I write or speak without the deep, soul feeling. I know God wants me to do it, so I do. But not always in the way I should. 

It’s easy to fall into lukewarm worship and work. We do enough to get by. Enough to make us feel like we’ve done something, without going all the way in. If we stay in this place long enough, we do a lot of lukewarm living. Our goal goes from making a difference to getting through the day. 

I’ve done a lot of just getting through the day lately. It leaves my soul feeling unsettled. In my heart, I know there was more for me to do, but I closed out the day without inquiring or doing. 

As I type this, I wonder what a fully present, fully alive, on fire for my Lord life might look like. What would it be like to stop living in the middle? Stop accepting lukewarm and be either hot or cold. When I feel cold and distracted, I could fall on my knees in prayer and stay there until I feel better. When I feel hot, fully aligned and connected to the Lord, I can wholeheartedly do the work that He wants me to do. 

The enemy wants us to fall into traps of discouragement and feel hopeless. But my God has grace for my every need. When I feel discouragement settle into my mind, I want to address it immediately. The longer I hold onto it, the bigger it seems. Therefore, I want to take it to my Lord and ask Him to help me overcome it. 

The enemy tries to steal our blessings. He does it through discouragement, distraction, procrastination, worry, and deep levels of fear. But God can help us to overcome the attacks with the truth in His word and the power of His Spirit. When God’s Spirit fills our hearts, the enemy loses his grip on our thoughts and fears.

God has what we need. His resources are abundant. His love is unconditional. 

Sweet friend, regardless of where we are right now, God will meet us there. He will help us to overcome every attack and rejoice in the goodness of our God. 

Sometimes, when I feel defeated and discouraged, I need to do a goodness-of-God exercise. I need to start listing my blessings. I need to see and feel all of the good things in my life. The longer I write about my blessings, the better I feel. I give myself evidence of God’s goodness and greatness. 

On any given day, my blessings greatly exceed my heartaches. But to fully experience the goodness of God, I have to open my eyes and heart to all He does for me. When I ask Him to open my eyes and show me my blessings, my heart rejoices in all God does for me. 

Lamentations 3:22-23 King James Version

22 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.