What Do I Do in the Meantime?
She sat alone in the quiet aftermath of everything falling apart. The house still smelled like him, but he was gone. The ring still rested on the nightstand, but the covenant was broken. Just hours earlier, a doctor’s voice had spoken words that shattered whatever strength she thought she had left…breast cancer.
In one season, she lost her marriage, her sense of safety, and the illusion that life was predictable. The future she had planned no longer existed. The prayers she once prayed felt suspended in the air, unanswered. Everything familiar had slipped through her fingers, and all that remained was grief, fear, and a deafening question echoing in her soul: “God… what now?”
It was in that moment when life felt cruel, unstable, and unbearably unfair that her eyes fell on a scripture she had heard a hundred times before, but never needed like this, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11
She didn’t read it with triumph. She read it with trembling hands. She found unshakable comfort in this truth. Even now, God still knows the plan. He is still working it out for your good in the meantime.
The “meantime” is that holy place in-between when God has spoken a promise, but the evidence hasn’t arrived yet. It’s where hope is tested, faith is stretched, and identity is refined. In this season, God gives us four sacred instructions that will carry us through:
1. Keep Praying: Prayer is not just asking God to move, it is aligning your heart with His movement. It keeps you spiritually anchored when emotions try to drift into fear. Every whispered prayer, every tear, every moment of quiet surrender becomes spiritual groundwork for what is coming. You may feel like nothing is changing but you are changing, and that matters. “The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.” — James 5:16
2. Keep Growing: Waiting is not stagnation, it is preparation. God uses the meantime to strengthen your character, deepen your discernment, and stretch your capacity. What you become in this season determines what you can carry in the next one. Your future requires a wiser you, a braver you, a more healed you and growth happens when no one is applauding. “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord.” 2 Peter 3:18
3. Keep Trusting: Trust means believing God is good even when the outcome is unclear. It is choosing faith over fear. God’s delays are never denials, they are divine alignments. He is working behind the scenes, moving people, rearranging opportunities, and protecting you from what you don’t even know. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart…” — Proverbs 3:5
4. Keep Showing Up: Faith is not passive, it is persistent. Showing up means you still praise when you don’t feel like it. You still serve when you’re tired. You still believe when doubt whispers loudly. God honors consistency. Your obedience in obscurity is planting seeds for visibility. Your faithfulness in waiting is being recorded in heaven.
The meantime is not empty time, it is sacred. God is not just preparing your blessing, He is preparing you for it. So, while you are waiting for the manifestation of His promise, know that it is coming and you will be ready when it arrives.
