HOW TO WAIT YOUR TURN...

Sons Don’t Sit Still While They Wait.

They Move With a Listening Heart.

I hear it all the time from well-meaning Christians:

"I’m just waiting for God to open the doors."

"I’m praying about it… waiting on the Lord to show me."

And while the words sound right, the posture is often all wrong.

Because waiting doesn’t mean sitting still. It doesn’t mean doing nothing while hoping God drops clarity out of the sky. That’s not waiting — that’s avoidance.

The way a son waits is different.

The right posture of a son is this: moving with a listening heart.

That’s what waiting looks like when you know who you are. When you know you’re loved. When you trust your Father’s timing more than your own.

How Sons Wait

Waiting is one of the hardest lessons of sonship — because it feels like inactivity when we crave certainty. But biblical waiting is not passive.

Waiting is trust in action.

It’s showing up every day. It’s praying, preparing, serving, building, learning — with your hands open and your ear turned to heaven, saying: “Father, You call the shots. I trust Your timing. I’ll be ready when You say move.”

You can still move while you wait.

In fact, you must.

You take the next faithful step. You keep your life pointed toward His purposes even when the destination isn’t fully clear yet. Sons don’t bury their gifts while they wait. Sons don’t sit in fear while they wait. Sons walk forward, but with a heart that’s tuned to the Father’s whisper.

Paul modeled this posture beautifully. When Jesus stopped him on the Damascus road, he didn’t freeze — he started preaching Christ immediately (Acts 9:20). But later, when the Spirit prevented him from entering Asia or Bithynia, Paul stopped and waited (Acts 16:6–7).

That’s a son’s heart: moving, yet willing to stop. Listening, even as you walk forward.

The Courage to Keep Walking

It takes courage to wait well — because it feels risky.

It’s easy to think that if you don’t make something happen, nothing will. That’s the orphan mindset. But sons know the Father is working, even in silence.

So sons keep walking. They take steps toward the vision God has planted in their heart. They forgive. They serve. They build. They prepare. They say yes to what’s already in front of them.

But here’s the key — sons don’t move to prove themselves. They don’t move to earn approval. They move because they already have it. They move from identity, not for identity.

They trust that even if the next step isn’t perfectly clear, the Father is faithful to guide them, correct them, and open the right doors at the right time.

A Listening Heart

Waiting well as a son is not just about what you do — it’s about how you do it.

You can be busy and completely deaf to God. Or you can be moving and fully attuned to Him.

The posture of a son is a listening heart.

It’s staying close enough to hear when He says, “Not yet.”

It’s staying humble enough to stop when He says, “No.”

And it’s staying bold enough to move when He says, “Go.”

That’s how sons wait — listening, trusting, moving at the Father’s pace.

Living the Tension

Waiting is hard. It’s a tension to live in — but it’s also where the Father does some of His deepest work in us.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 says:

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."

Sons trust the season. They don’t panic when it feels like nothing’s happening. They don’t rush ahead to force outcomes. And they don’t sit frozen in fear.

They keep their hands open.

They keep their ears open.

They keep their feet moving.

They keep their heart surrendered.

Sons Wait Differently

Here’s the truth: waiting without moving is stagnation.

Moving without listening is rebellion.

But moving with a listening heart — that’s sonship.

You can still move while you wait.

You can still walk forward while you trust.

You can still take ground while you let Him lead.

So wait like a son — active, expectant, surrendered.

Move like a son — bold, obedient, trusting.

And let your Father set the pace.