Waiting! It is so hard! Especially when we want instant everything.

“Waiting on Something New”

Pastor Calvin Cook – June 5, 2025

Scripture: “And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father… ‘You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses…’” (Acts 1:4-5,

We recently heard that there is a new restaurant coming to the area. We are waiting for news of this place. It seems that all of my life I have been waiting for something. The next great thing.

Waiting is difficult—especially when we know something big is coming. In Acts 1, the disciples find themselves in a strange in-between. Jesus had risen. They had seen Him, touched His scars, heard His teaching. Hope was alive again. And then, once more, He was gone—ascended into heaven, leaving them with only a promise and a command: WAIT!

They weren’t told how long. They weren’t told exactly what the “promise” would look like. They only knew that something new was coming—something from the Father, something powerful.

This is where many of us live: in the tension between the promise and the promise being fulfilled. We have received words of knowledge even witnessed divine intervention into people’s lives and situations. We feel a stirring in the church. We know God is up to something. We sense a stirring, a change, a calling. But He hasn’t shown us the full picture yet. And so we wait.

But waiting on God is never wasted time. Just like the disciples gathered in the upper room, praying, preparing, staying faithful to the last instruction—they weren’t passive. They were present. They were available. And in due time, Pentecost came, and with it, a new move of God that changed the world.

Are you in a season of waiting? Maybe you’re hoping for clarity in your calling, restoration in your family, or breakthrough in your community. Don’t rush past the waiting. Sit in it with the Lord. Prepare your heart. Remain in prayer. Stay close to others who are waiting and praying too.

The same Spirit who moved in Acts 2 is still at work today. The promise is still alive. And what God is about to do next may be greater than anything that has ever been experienced before. The caution is it has to be about God moving and for God’s glory.

Prayer: Lord, I confess that waiting is hard. I want answers, directions, and movement now. But today I choose to trust You in the waiting. Help me not to waste this season but to press into You, preparing my heart for the new thing You are doing. Like the disciples in the upper room, make me ready for the power and purpose You have promised. In Jesus’ name, Amen.