We’ve all had those seasons of waiting—waiting for answers, for direction, for something to make sense. Maybe you're in one right now.

Simeon and Anna knew what it was to wait. They spent years trusting that God would fulfill His promises. They didn’t know when or how, but they remained faithful. 

And then, on what seemed like an ordinary day, everything changed.

It can happen just like that. 

Simeon was led to the temple, not because he had figured out God’s plan, but because he had surrendered to it. He showed up, open and willing, and in doing so, he encountered Christ. Anna, too, lived a life of quiet devotion. She didn’t demand signs or timelines—she simply made herself available to God. And because of that, she was there when Jesus arrived.

Neither of them forced the moment, nor rush God’s timing or insist on their own way. 

They trusted. 

And when the time was right, God placed them exactly where they needed to be.

How often do we try to control the process instead of surrendering to it? 

How often do we assume that if things aren’t happening on our schedule, something must be wrong?

But what if, instead of fighting the waiting, we leaned into it? What if we trusted that God is moving even when we can’t see it?

My invitation to you today is to simply show up. 

To keep praying, to keep trusting, to keep offering ourselves to God’s work—even when we don’t have all the answers. Because the truth is, we don’t have to figure out His plan. We just have to be faithful. 

And when the time is right, He will take care of the rest.

God bless!
FF

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