Waiting is hard. I’m just saying it as it is. When you are used to a fast track or goal setting, it completely knocks the wind out of you to be forced to wait. “Wait” is such an unwelcome word in a reality where you “make” things happen, you don’t wait around for things to happen. Waiting is lazy, waiting is defeatist, waiting is for those who don’t fully believe in themselves.
If you are used to things magically unfolding for you with least effort “waiting” is still not a part of your reality.
Definitely not extended periods of waiting and not knowing what is next.

But God is good and I think that He intervenes in our set paths to be like “psst, it’s okay. Lean on me…You wouldn’t believe the plans I’ve got just for you! You are my absolute favourite and you deserve it all.”

“All” is according to His will and purpose and the plans He has for us. “All” is already set aside for us.
The only thing He wants is for us to lean on Him.
Lean on Him, not because of the rewards but leans on Him because it would be so tragic to have The Creator seek you in the most humble and gentle ways, yet you refuse. Can you imagine how unfortunate someone must be…to settle for a life without Christ.
How infinitely blessed are you if The Lord, shows up in your life and creates time and space for you to get to know Him intimately.

My first season of waiting I was called to get to know Him more. Knowing Him, is learning to let go of everything. Because as the saying goes, you cannot fill a cup that is already full. In this instance the cup was full of own strength, more than a dash of ego, worldly pleasures, secular media and disbelief in the Lord ( Yes even a negative takes up space. It’s the absence of something but still the presence of another thing ).
What I came to learn is as the Holy Spirit reveals to you the majesty of God, nothing else comes close. Nothing else matters, compares or is relevant.
I can’t do justice to what it means to know Him but God is God. He is the beginning and end of all things, time and space. Infinite and exponential in all sense. He is the alpha and omega. All things known and unknown, of matter and of thought, it is all Him…He is brilliance and endless overflowing love.
I could go on forever- He is just all.

When learning to lean on The Lord, and when it comes to the Christian life as a whole a very powerful tool is prayer. Prayer is direct communication with The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. Prayer has the power to unlock the supernatural. Prayer has the power to transform, transmute and transcend things in 0 time. Prayer is a force. Prayer also has a way of elevating your life, faith, experience in the most wonderful way. I struggle to pray in that spontaneous-effortless-word-flow way everyone else at church does. Some times the enemy literally pulls away all inclination for prayer. In moments like that I turn to prayer channels. They’ve been a massive help. If you’re thinking of exploring prayer this way always ask the Holy Spirit to lead you to the right channels and for His presence during your prayer times.

What’s amazing is in one of those moments I was struggling to pray in a structured, organised and cohesive way I think I came across how to deep dive in prayer to surrender.

Backtracking : I was moved to a season of waiting. Waiting for me was about learning to trust and lean on God. I wouldn’t know how it works generally with people but I have always fully explored one extreme to welcome the other. A very extreme dark to extreme light existence. Where my faith was stretched thin is also where I started learning to fully surrender. In plot twists- it’s the finest.

My disposition is to go-hard-or-go-home so I obviously has to go off on the deep end with this. Beyond surrender is another amaaaazing place of faith. It’s as intense as it is brilliant. It’s where surrender turns to seeing the glory of God. This is where your eyes fully open, the concept of time disappears and you see how insanely faithful, kind hearted, generous and humble The LORD of alll has been to us…us! We don’t deserve it ( Jesus had to come and save us, we could never save ourselves. Not if we genuinely tried till the end of time. He knew and He didn’t want heaven without us! What an amazing Lord ). Once you go there and you are blessed to “know your God” you will see how empty and unfulfilling all else is. Now you’re on kingdom purpose, assigned mission for The Most High and you are on fire for Christ.

So I am very very excited to share this with everyone!
I write for my future self and for anyone it may help or inspire. I believe this will be a blessed experience for us all.
Let the prayer come from your heart.

Quick important facts :
- Please do not make the mistake of thinking this is some shortcut to end the waiting period. There are no shortcuts and no one can cheat it. It’s a beautiful process you are called to embrace.
- The rest of the article will take the form of a prayer outline. I’m only sharing what I felt led to but please allow The Holy Spirit to lead you as He likes. He will guide you beautifully.
- The prayer outline is mainly based off a prayer video from YouTube. I have edited, reorganise and added to it as I felt led to refine. I will be adding the link to the original video at the end of the article.
- Worship music is a big part of my prayer time. I have included links to songs throughout which will be indicated by ♫♩♪ symbols. A full track list will be included at the end of the article. Having a playlist is a great way for uninterrupted prayer time.
- I believe in active prayer. Sometimes you will fine little notes starting with * symbol. This means a call for personal reflection. Highly invite everyone to take time on the days following to revisit these prompts.

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Ready to draw closer to God? Let’s dive in :

We go step by step, each step will unlock and guide you to the next till you are fully and wholly welcoming His way.
This entry contains the first 04. steps. These steps are about opening to God’s will and surrendering.
Steps 05. and 06. will be a separate entry. They will help you go very deep and seek a personal relationship with God ( Find link at the end of the article. Also accessible from home page “Waiting for God - Continued” )
I’ve broken these into two parts only to keep the content length controlled. Highly recommend everyone to go through with all steps from 01-06 because it is just so very special and you definitely don’t want to miss out.

May God bless you ♡

01. Ask The Lord to help you open your heart and reveal to you the things that keep you from getting closer to Him.
02. Invite God to cleanse and refine you through His Holy Fire.
03. Ask God to take what remains, mould and craft you to become who He intended You to be.
04. Take the bold step of letting go of control and choose His will above our own.

05. Seek a deeper relationship with The Lord.
06. Complete and total surrender. This is obedience.

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Remnant ( Rightful Place ) - Ernstly Etienne [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/683SI6Ii3cAauPf1GsuoYf?si=3e833aae015f469c

01. Ask The Lord to help you open your heart and reveal to you the things that keep you from getting closer to Him.

Lord I come to you with an open heart. I come to You in honesty, in humility and with a desire to know You more.
You know the areas I struggle in, you know the areas I cannot see. You know my heart Lord, so reveal to me the things I need to change and help me remove them. Because though I struggle in my weakness to face my own shortcomings, with you I am strong and I know I can overcome.

¹ You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.

[ Psalms 139:1 ]

Remind me Father that I do not have to fear being fully known by You. You don’t condemn. The weaknesses and the shadow areas You bring to light, You revel to me so they can be healed. Help me remember that You only want to lovingly realign me with Your truth.

¹ Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, ² because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. ³ For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴ in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

[ Romans 8:1-4 ]

I invite Your Holy Spirit into my heart Lord and I trust You are doing a deep work in me. Grant me the strength and grace to release what you bring to light and obey You in all things.

Let your spirit search me Lord and please reveal to me what it is in me that needs to be refined so that I may serve Your highest purpose.

¹⁸ The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.

[ Psalms 145:18 ]

♫♩♪
Break My Heart Open - Kingdomcity [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/6QwtcAa3L8YfDHj7YPCPhQ?si=4ceb8847b2bc4329

02. Invite God to cleanse and refine you through His Holy Fire.

Lord cleanse anything that stands between me and You. I invite your refining fire to make me pure. I choose to trust you even when it is uncomfortable. Even when it seems dark and I cannot help but fear the unknown.

Burn away anything that does not honour you. Remove the impurities in my heart. Everything that separates me from You. I want to be purified, moulded and strengthened into the person You created me to be.

Lord if it’s my pride that keeps me from fully surrendering, break my pride.
If I have chosen to trust my own strength rather than You, break my self-reliance.
If I have allowed sin, bitterness, fear to take hold of me, break those chains.
If I have allowed lies and deception to cloud my heart and judgment, grant me new sight.

* If you feel drawn to it, take a minute to think about areas where you have stood in the way of God’s promise in your life. Put pen to paper. Cross them out as you invite the Holy Spirit to help you remove each of these areas of sin and weakness from your life.

I know that when you break me it is never to destroy me. It is to remove everything that is not of you
so that I can be purified and strengthen for greater things. just like gold is refined in the fire. you are refining me and reshaping me to something beautiful.

¹⁰ See, I have refined you, though not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

[ Isiah 48:10 ]

Therefore lord, if there is anything in me that needs to be surrendered, help me to lay it at Your feet. if my desires are not aligned with Your will refine them, if my heart ever starts growing cold I beg you, please rekindle the fire of passion for you. father I surrender to your process I will not fight the fire I will embrace it. I know that whatever You burn away is not needed and whatever remains will only shine for Your glory.

I’m sorry for the times I resisted your breaking. The times I tried to hold everything together on my own. Times I didn’t let go because I didn’t know what will come next. But from today I chose faith over fear. I choose surrender over control. I choose to trust that when I put my life in Your hands You will do far more than I could ever ask, think of imagine. You have destined me for greatness and to bring glory and honour to Your name. Today, I choose to let go of my ways and accept Your way as the only way.

¹⁰ And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

[ 1 Peter 5:10 ]

Lord I trust you. even in the breaking, I surrender knowing that in the end I will reflect your glory
I desire to walk in freedom that comes from knowing You are the Lord I server. Above all I will walk through all things knowing that You are my Father.

Dear Holy Spirit help me to always remember that brokenness in God’s hand is not the end, it is the beginning of something new.

⁸ “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
⁹ As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.

[ Isaiah 55:8-9 ]

Lord I know that fire is not comfortable, refining requires heat, pressure and breaking but I trust you Lord. I trust that You are purifying me and You are removing what is holding me back so that I can walk in greater obedience, holiness and power from You.

I trust that what you have started in me You will bring to completion. That specially in seasons of breaking you are moving and working all things for my good. That in seasons of stillness You are right beside me.

¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.

[ Isaiah 43:19 ]

¹⁴ Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.

[ Psalm 27:14 ]

Lord I confess at times the fire feels overwhelming, sometimes I wonder if I can endure it. Jesus when the trials come when I feel that everything is being stripped away, please remind me that I am not alone. remind me that you are in the fire with me.
² When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.

[ Isaiah 43:2 ]

I hold on to this promise: no matter what I walk through You are with me, my Lord, my Saviour Jesus Christ. When I feel the heat of refinement I will not give up. Your presence Lord is all I need, as in the story of Shadrach, Mishach and Abednego who were not consumed by the fiery furnace because You stood in the fire with them. I know that You are standing with me now, through all things. Father, I trust You. even when the fire burns intensely I will continue to put all my trust in You.
I will walk through the fire with confidence, I do not fear the fire. I welcome it. -Because I know on the other side I will shine brighter, love deeper and walk closer with You. You are a merciful, loving and generous Father.

Lord I know that Your fire, the fire of God does not consume, it purifies. It burns away what is of the world and reveals what is eternal. So I ask you again, in earnest, refine me with Your holy fire.

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Another in the Fire - Hillsong UNITED [ worship ] https://open.spotify.com/track/77yuZSTyvX71hl5ip4SRfd?si=94c0538d55944ae9

Waiting - Healing Place Worship [ worship ] https://open.spotify.com/track/4C41l6YLhOzX3A5aCdedcQ?si=383660aff7094852

03. Ask God to take what remains, mould and craft you to become who He intended You to be.

⁶ He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.

[ Jeremiah 18:6 ]

As every craftsman agrees, refining is proof that He sees real value in you, that He is preparing you for something even grater. A diamond is grinded, wood is sanded, marble is quarries and hammered and all of them are polished before they are used in any work of quality. It is the same for you if you are to be used for God’s work. If you are still here…that means He is not finished with you, yet.

Lord, I trust You will shape me to be the person You created me to be. I trust You work all things for good.

⁸ Yet you, Lord, are our Father.
We are the clay, you are the potter;
we are all the work of your hand.

[ Isaiah 64:8 ]

Lord I ask You to shape me, mould me, break me and remove all things that keep me from being fully Yours. I do not want to be hardened by lesser qualities and things that are not of You. I want to be broken and malleable in Your hands. so I can be made whole. Deep down I know You see what I cannot see, You see what is best for me. Help me trust You in the unknown. Even when life doesn’t make sense I want to continue believing that You are still good. You are eternally faithful and You work all things for my good.

¹⁷ My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.

[ Psalms 51:17 ]

² Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, ³ because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

[ James 1:2-3 ]

I know you are building me up. building my faith, my character, my endurance.

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Broken Vessels ( Amazing Grace ) - Hillsong Worship [ worship ] https://open.spotify.com/track/28prI2jK5TZmBKkdAb2sKB?si=e0f03c20f42f4760

Not in a Hurry - Will Reagan & United Pursuit [ worship ] https://open.spotify.com/track/4Xwry2rjyXZg9unm8QaRFL?si=5c7039949d9b46af

04. Take the bold step of letting go of control and choose His will above our own.

Dear Holy Spirit, help me fully open my heart and surrender all to God.
Heavenly Father, I come before You with an open heart, I know there are areas in my life that I still need to yield to You.

* Take a minute for honest reflection. Try to go one step deeper than the obvious. See which areas in your life you are unwilling to bend in and surrender to God. Listen to your heart.

Lord, as a human, surrender is hard. I’m used to wanting things my way, according to my planing and in the time I expect. I’ve felt secure in this control. -But today I choose to trust that Your plans are better, Your timing is perfect and Your way is best.

My health, my physical condition, the food and drink, every meal I am blessed with I surrender to You God.

Lord, I surrender my expectations and dreams to you. The ambitions I have, the desires I hold in my heart, the goals I have set for myself, my career, the rooms You are yet to put me in, I lay them all at Your feet.

My possessions, my finances, every privilege and abundance I enjoy, every overflowing coffer you’ve set aside with my name on them, they are all your Lord. I surrender it all to You.

I surrender my family, every friend and foe. Every person who is yet to bless me in this life, every individual I will inspire and influence, they are all in Your hands Father.

I choose to trust that Your plan is greater. My heart and my soul, I give You full control because you are my Lord and I know, Your plans and purpose for me exceeds my highest expectation.

²¹ Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

[ Proverbs 19:21 ]

Father I surrender to you the disappointments that have burdened my heart, the time I've thought my prayers were answered and questioned You, the periods of waiting where I allowed my faith to stretch thin, the moments I have worried I’ve lost control. The times I thought You were not listening and relied on my own might. All my my struggles, the battles I’ve been fighting alone, the burdens that weigh me down, the fears that keep me restless, I release them in to your hands.

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.

[ Proverbs 3:5-6 ]

I ask for your forgiveness and mercy for all the times I failed to trust You.

God, if I have been dishonouring your perfect creation, teach me how to honour the work of your mighty hands and appreciate it.
Father, if the doors I’ve been knocking on are not meant for me, please keep them closed.
If the plans I have made for myself are not according kingdom purpose, help me realign my plans.
If I have been selfish and ungenerous with my wealth, show me how to give freely and be a good steward of my finances. Guide me on how to grow my wealth, share humbly with Your children and sow in to the right places.
If the relationships I have been holding on to is not what you intended for me, please remove them from my life.
If the path I am walking is leading me away from you Lord, redirect my steps.

³ Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.

[ Proverbs 16:3 ]

I choose to I surrender my fears. I refuse to let worry control me.
I recognise that doubt, fear and worry are the enemies schemes and they have no hold on me, because You God have already disarmed him.
I accept now, that I don’t need understanding in Your divine plans, all I need is trust. I choose to put all my trust in You. Even if my faith is only of a mustard seed I know through You it will move mountains. My plans, my desires, my timeline they are all Yours.

From today Lord, if You call me to wait, I will wait with faith. If You call me to step out I will move with boldness. If You call me to let go I will trust that You have something greater in store.

If Your answer is yes, I will praise you. If Your answer is no I will thank you. If your answer is wait I will trust You.

²⁰ At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship ²¹ and said:

“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised.”

²² In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

[ Job 1:20-22 ]

Father God, I ask you again to shape me, mould me, refine me. Make me more like you. Yes Lord, I want to be more like you, less like me.
Take my desires and align them with Yours. take my plans and make them better than I could ever imagine. Take my life and make it for Your glory. Today I say YES to Your will, YES to your way, YES to your perfect plan.

Lord I say it again with all my heart, not my will but Yours be done, in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen.

* We often forget, Jesus felt every one of these feelings. Because He came to us as The Son of Man. Meaning He felt every sensation of the flesh. When he prayed at Gethsemane He asked God to take the burden of crucifixion away from Him. Yet He did not disobey God but submitted to God’s will in faith.

³⁷ And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
³⁸ Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”
³⁹ And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

[ Matthew 26:37-39 ]

♫♩♪
Yield - Jon Reddick [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/4W7PAKB9E09thAedKXcPyd?si=3338ca47d2ce4a4e

Blessed be Your Name - Matt Redman [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/14HrSWGYPCDwqAcVFUYKsq?si=fce4e7f4f4ff4e6e

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It’s so amazing you have surrendered everything to The Father and you welcome His divine will in your life.

If you are ready, I invite you to go very deep and seek a personal relationship with God. It will change everything.
https://yastogod.hashnode.dev/waiting-for-god-continued

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YouTube Prayer :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJcWJZV7oTg.

Track List :

Remnant ( Rightful Place ) - Ernstly Etienne [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/683SI6Ii3cAauPf1GsuoYf?si=3e833aae015f469c

Break My Heart Open - Kingdomcity [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/6QwtcAa3L8YfDHj7YPCPhQ?si=4ceb8847b2bc4329

Another in the Fire - Hillsong UNITED [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/77yuZSTyvX71hl5ip4SRfd?si=94c0538d55944ae9

Waiting - Healing Place Worship [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/4C41l6YLhOzX3A5aCdedcQ?si=383660aff7094852

Broken Vessels ( Amazing Grace ) - Hillsong Worship [ worship]
https://open.spotify.com/track/28prI2jK5TZmBKkdAb2sKB?si=e0f03c20f42f4760

Not in a Hurry - Will Reagan & United Pursuit [ worship]
https://open.spotify.com/track/4Xwry2rjyXZg9unm8QaRFL?si=5c7039949d9b46af

Yield - Jon Reddick [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/4W7PAKB9E09thAedKXcPyd?si=3338ca47d2ce4a4e

Glory and Majesty - Jon Reddick [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/5lvrYFNaUV2eib9Tas1gZK?si=7066d52197864a2c

Blessed be Your Name - Matt Redman [ worship ]
https://open.spotify.com/track/14HrSWGYPCDwqAcVFUYKsq?si=fce4e7f4f4ff4e6e

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