A View from a Pew: Stop Worrying About If He’s Coming — Just Be Ready When He Does

From where I sit — from this pew — I’ve learned something about faith that took me years to understand. Most of us aren’t really waiting on God. We’re worrying about God.

We’re worrying about if He’s coming. Worrying about when He’s coming. Worrying about how He’s coming. But the real assignment isn’t to worry. The real assignment is to be ready.

Some of us are only ankle-deep in trouble. The water is uncomfortable, but it’s manageable. We can still feel the ground beneath our feet. We still have control. We still have options.

But then there are seasons when the water doesn’t stop at your ankles. It rises to your knees. Then your waist. Then your shoulders. And before you know it, you are completely covered.

That’s the moment most people panic. That’s the moment doubt starts whispering:
“Maybe this is it.” “Maybe God isn’t coming this time.” “Maybe you misheard Him.”

But let me ask you something — has there ever been a time in your life when you thought you wouldn’t make it… and somehow you did? Has there ever been a door that looked permanently shut… and it opened? Has there ever been a bill you couldn’t pay… and it got paid? Has there ever been a diagnosis, a divorce, a betrayal, a setback that looked like the end… and God turned it into a testimony?

If He’s done it before — why are we acting brand new now?

Think about this. The Israelites had already seen God move. They saw plagues fall.
They saw Pharaoh bend. They saw chains break. But when they reached the Red Sea and the army was behind them, suddenly they forgot.

Isn’t that just like us?

God brings you through cancer, but you doubt Him over a contract. God saves your child, but you question Him over a promotion. God carried your grandmother through segregation, Jim Crow, and closed doors — but you’re not sure He can handle your situation?

How many times does God have to show up before we believe He still shows up? If you don’t believe He’ll show up for you, ask Big Mama. Ask your grandfather who worked two jobs and still tithed. Ask your mother who prayed over empty cabinets.
Ask your father who kept walking even when the road was unfair.

The previous generation didn’t just believe God showed up. They expected Him to.Now here’s the part we miss.

When God told Moses to tell the people to “stand still,” He wasn’t telling them to do nothing. “Be still” doesn’t mean be passive. It means be rooted. It means don’t let fear move you out of position. It means don’t run back to bondage just because freedom looks unfamiliar.

Being still is disciplined faith. It’s holding your ground when your emotions want to scatter. It’s preparing your spirit even when your eyes can’t see the solution.

Because here’s the truth — sometimes God doesn’t part the sea until you step into it. Sometimes He waits until you’re at your last breath, your last option, your last ounce of strength — and that’s when the waters move. Not because He forgot you. But because He’s building something in you.

And while we’re waiting, we have responsibilities. It is our responsibility to tell the stories. To remind our children that we didn’t just survive — we overcame. It is our responsibility to decolonize our imagination.

Stop believing small. Stop shrinking God to fit your fear. Stop assuming the system has the final say.

The Israelites were colonized in their thinking long before they were delivered in their bodies. They saw miracles but still thought like slaves.

And some of us have seen blessings but still think like victims. You can cross on dry land and still carry Egypt in your mind.

That’s why preparation matters. Stop worrying about whether He’s coming.

He’s already proven that. The real question is: Will you be ready when the waters move? Will you be positioned? Will you be obedient? Will you move when He says move? Will you stand when He says stand?

Because when God parts your sea, you don’t have time to negotiate. You walk. When He opens the door, you don’t debate. You enter. When He lifts you up, you don’t question. You praise.

So from this pew, let me ask you: Has God ever picked you up? Has He ever brought you through? Has He ever made a way where there was no way?

If the answer is yes — then you ought to give Him praise right now. Not because the sea is already parted. But because you know it will be.

Stop worrying about if He’s coming. Just be ready when He does. And when the waters split and you step onto dry ground, don’t forget to turn around and tell somebody — “He did it again.”