Waiting on God is never easy. It requires believers to trust God deeply and rely on his strength in our weakness. Still, God can use our struggles in difficult circumstances as the impetus for prodigious spiritual growth. This happens when we surrender our waiting to the Lord and ask Him to use it to produce spiritual fruit in our lives.
In dark times, pray that God would work in your heart as you also ask him to be at work in your circumstances. Use Scripture as a framework to guide your prayers. What better way to converse with God and know that you are praying in his will than to pray using His Word? Scripture is filled with passages on waiting for the Lord. Transform these passages into your prayers.
Pray for Strength
“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31
God Almighty, in this time when I feel so weak and helpless, be my strength. Help me to run this race that you’ve set before me with perseverance. When I feel faint and weary, teach me to press into you for everything I need to endure.
Pray for Belief
“I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living! Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”
Psalm 27:13-14
Lord Jesus, please give my heart courage when I feel afraid. Help me to believe in your goodness when Satan tempts me to despair. Give me hope in the Cross, which is all I need to be sure of your love for me.
Pray for Desire
“The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.”
Lamentations 3:25
Holy Spirit, give my soul an unquenchable desire for more of you. Take my heart captive and make me delight in you more than anything. Help me to desire your will above my own, and give me the faith to trust your plan for my life.
Pray for Hope
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.”
Psalm 130:5-6
Precious Father, use your Word in my heart to give me hope when life feels hopeless. Speak Truth in my heart and allow your Holy Spirit to use to produce fruit in my life. Use this time of waiting to make me more like Christ, and give my soul patience as I eagerly anticipate your answers to my prayers.
Amen.
Respond
How do you incorporate scripture into prayer? What passages do you turn to for encouragement during times of waiting?
