Exploring 6 characteristics of waiting to prompt wisdom from God and gain invaluable peace.
Throughout our lives, we experience countless periods of waiting. Some moments are mere nuisances—others are daunting seasons filled with intense worry and doubt. We grow impatient by immovable traffic or crave an impending answer to a medical condition. Whatever our current circumstances, our innate response is to take action rather than stay still.
In Waiting Isn’t a Waste, author Mark Vroegop calls believers to resist the human urge for control and lean on Christ for comfort while we wait for the uncertainties of life to unfold. Vroegop explores what it means to wait on God through 6 important characteristics—waiting is hard, common, biblical, slow, commanded, and relational. This book not only teaches readers how to wait on God but inspires them to embrace waiting—for it prompts wisdom from God and brings invaluable peace to the present.
Foreword by Jen Wilkin
Introduction: Wasting Our Waiting
Chapter 1: Honestly: Waiting Is Hard
Chapter 2: Frequently: Waiting Is Common
Chapter 3: Thoughtfully: Waiting Is Biblical
Chapter 4: Patiently: Waiting Is Slow
Chapter 5: Intentionally: Waiting Is Commanded
Chapter 6. Collectively: Waiting Is Relational
Conclusion: Embracing Our Waiting
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: The Lord Is . . .
Appendix 2: Lord, You Are . . .
Appendix 3: Mapping God’s Faithfulness
Appendix 4: Waiting in the Psalms
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index
| Contributors | Mark Vroegop, Jen Wilkin |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781433590979 |
| Format | Paperback |
| First published | June 2024 |
| Dimensions | 133mm x 203mm x 12mm |
| Weight | 0.16 kg |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 152 |
| Publisher | Crossway |
Years ago a friend said to me, ‘The only thing worse than waiting on the Lord is wishing you had.’ Most of us, in varying degrees, don’t like to wait. But all of us will wait, and we will wait on God. His timetable doesn’t always sync with ours. What do we do while we wait? Mark Vroegop teaches us that waiting on God is living on what we know to be true about God when we don’t know what is true about our life. Thank you, Mark, for sharing with us how and why to wait and doing so in such a clear, biblical, transferable way. What a treasure!
Waiting Isn’t a Waste is full of timely and practical encouragement for every reader. Instead of trying to avoid waiting at all costs, this book will help you embrace it as a good gift from God.
Waiting is one of the most difficult parts of life, yet also the most common. Most of life involves waiting. The speed of modern life tempts us to view all waiting as a waste. Mark Vroegop helps us develop a biblical framework for waiting on God, inviting us to see times of waiting as opportunities for worship and growth. Viewed rightly, waiting provides pathways to contentment and calmness—a healthy, nonpressured embracing of life as God intended it. This timely, readable book will be edifying to everyone who reads it.
