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God never said, "Hurry up." He said, "Wait."

And most of us are terrible at it.

In week seven of our summer series, Christine Caine speaks into the season most of us are trying to get through as fast as possible — the waiting room. The season between the promise and the fulfillment. The gap between what God said and what you can currently see. Most of us treat that gap as a problem to be solved or a delay to be endured. Christine Caine makes clear it's neither. It is the place where the deepest roots get formed.

She takes us through David's journey, not to show us how he arrived, but to show us what happened in between. Because David didn't just wait. He became. Every stage of the process taught him something he could not have learned any other way. The sheep. The palace. The cave. The wilderness. None of it was wasted. All of it was preparation.

Waiting on God is not passive. It is the most active, faith-filled posture you can take.

✨ If you've ever asked questions like…

✅ I feel called and gifted — so why does it feel like nothing is happening?

✅ How do I stay faithful in a season that feels pointless or beneath me?

✅ What do I do when life feels genuinely unfair and God hasn't explained why?

✅ How do I trust God's timing when I'm watching less qualified people get ahead?

✅ Is the hard season I'm in actually preparing me for something or have I missed my moment?

✅ What's the difference between being anointed and being appointed — and what happens in between?

✅ How do I keep turning up when I've been overlooked, misunderstood, or treated unjustly?

…then this is your episode.

What you'll learn:

→ Why the waiting room is not wasted time — and how David's journey from shepherd boy to king shows that every stage of the process, including the ones you resent most, is forming something in you that cannot be shortcut.

→ How to navigate the "this isn't fair" tension without becoming bitter or trying to force what only God can bring and why making what Jesus did for you bigger than what people did to you is the only way through that actually works.

→ What it means to stop waiting to be discovered and start submitting to the process of being developed and why open, receiving hands are the first posture of a flourishing life.

SUMMER SERIES: A Summer of Faith to Flourish — new episodes every Monday.

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New here? Christine Caine is a speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and activist who has been serving the local church globally for over 30 years. She and her husband, Nick, founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign, which works at the local, domestic, and international level to end modern-day slavery. They also founded Equip & Empower, a ministry that is mobilizing people everywhere to live on mission for Jesus. Propel Women is an initiative of the ministry dedicated to coming alongside women around the globe to activate their God-given purpose. You can tune in to her weekly Equip and Empower Podcast to be encouraged by the hope of Jesus wherever you are. Christine holds a Master’s Degree in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton College.

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