What If Your Waiting Isn't Wasted? | Paige Allen on Trusting God in the Delay

Send us Fan MailWhat if the season you desperately want God to end is actually a season He is using?Waiting for healing. Waiting for a relationship to change. Waiting for a child. Waiting for direction. Waiting for a dream God placed in your heart to finally become reality.In this episode of The Redeemed Podcast, Lauren Burns sits down with author and Bible teacher Paige Allen to talk about what it means to trust God when His timing doesn't look anything like ours.Drawing from her new book, Matriarchs: What the Women of Genesis Teach Us About Our Part in God's Story, Paige takes us into the lives of Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah—women who received promises from God but often had to wait years before seeing those promises unfold.Paige also shares her own story of waiting seven years after a publisher rejected her first book because she “didn't have a platform.” What felt like wasted years ultimately became part of the very message God was preparing her to write.In this conversation, you'll hear about:Why your waiting season may not be wastedWhat Sarah's story teaches us about trying to force God's timingHow to recognize the difference between expectancy and expectationsWhat to do when God seems silentHow to hold onto hope when circumstances haven't changedWhy sometimes the most honest prayer is simply, “Jesus, I need You”How to discern God's calling from all the good opportunities competing for your attentionWhy God may be doing something in you while you're waiting for Him to do something for you00:00 Your Waiting Isn't Wasted01 Meet Paige Allen & Matriarchs04 What the Women of Genesis Teach Us08 Why Waiting on God Isn't Wasted12 Sarah, Hagar & Trying to Force God's Timing17 Paige's 7-Year Wait to Become a Published Author22 How to Hold Onto Hope When God Seems Silent27 Expectancy vs. Expectations31 How to Know What God Is Calling You to Do36 Trusting God When You Can't See the Outcome40 A Prayer for Anyone in a Waiting SeasonIf you're asking, “God, do You hear me?” “Why is this taking so long?” or “What am I supposed to do while I wait?” this conversation is for you.📖 ABOUT MATRIARCHSPaige Allen's new Bible study, Matriarchs, explores the lives of Sarah, Rebekah, Leah, and Rachel and what their stories teach us about embracing God's promises, waiting well, walking through pain, nurturing what God has entrusted to us, and ultimately releasing it to Him.➡️ Get Paige Allen's Matriarchs: https://a.co/d/05LCceVH➡️ Connect with Paige: Website: https://paigeallen.net Instagram: @PaigeAllenTexas Podcast: Bloom Talks📕 ABOUT STOLENLauren Burns' upcoming book, STOLEN: True Story, Kidnapped, Rescued, Redeemed, tells the true story of her childhood kidnapping, extraordinary rescue, and the much longer journey of healing, forgiveness, faith, and redemption that followed.➡️ Preorder STOLEN: subscribepage.io/R8EW8e ➡️ Learn more about the book, upcoming interviews, speaking events, and book signings: laurenburns.netIf this episode encouraged you, subscribe to The Redeemed Podcast, leave a comment, and share it with someone who is walking through a waiting season.What are you waiting on God for right now? I'd love to pray with you in the comments."Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him." — Psalm 37:7Disclaimer:The purpose of the Redeemed Podcast is to share the love of Jesus. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed on behalf of guest do not necessarily represent the thoughts of the host. This podcast does not constitute services or medical advise. Pease pray and thoroughly research options for medical needs. Listeners and viewers consume this content on a voluntary basis and assume all responsibility for resulting consequence and impact.#WaitingOnGod #TrustGod #ChristianPodcast #PaigeAllen #Matriarchs #WomenOfTheBible #BibleStudy #ChristianWomen #FaithInGod #GodsTiming #RedeemedPodcast #LaurenBurns #StolenBookhttps://www.emogeneandco.com/. Use Code Lauren10