Have you ever felt like your life is on pause?

You’re not where you used to be, but you’re not quite where you hoped to be either. The door behind you has closed, but the next one hasn’t opened yet — and all you can hear in the hallway is silence. 

Let’s be honest — waiting seasons are hard especially when you can feel change in your spirit, but not much is changing around you. You’ve left Egypt, but Canaan still feels a long way off. You’re praying, obeying, showing up but the results seem to be taking their sweet time. 

Welcome to the in-between. 

The Gift of the Gap 

It’s easy to think God has forgotten you in the waiting. David knew that feeling — anointed as king yet tending sheep. Joseph — carrying a dream while in prison.

Israel spent 40 years between Egypt and the Promised Land. And if we’re being real, even Jesus experienced it — the hidden years before His public ministry began. 

God wasn’t being cruel to Israel, He was cultivating something deeper than arrival: He was cultivating dependence. For David, God was forming a heart that could handle the crown. For you, the space between “Amen” and “There It Is” could be the place where your faith grows roots, your character matures, and where trust becomes more than a word you say — it becomes the life you live. It’s the place where God is building you for where He’s taking you next. 

How to make the best of the In-Between 

• Stay planted. Serve, pray, keep showing up where God has you. Growth often happens quietly. 

• Guard your heart. Don’t let comparison convince you that God skipped your turn. 

• Lean in, not away. Let your uncertainty become the place where intimacy with God deepens. 

The hallway may feel long, but it’s not empty. God is there — walking with you, shaping your story, strengthening your spirit and one day soon, you’ll look back and realize this waiting season wasn’t wasted after all. It was sacred ground. 

If you feel stuck between seasons, take a deep breath because you’re being positioned and when the new door finally opens, you’ll walk through it with a wisdom and peace that only the hallway could have taught you. 

Remember, “He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it.”

— Philippians 1 vs 6