Welcome to While You Wait Wednesday, your midweek moment for hope, truth, and perspective. Every week we pause right in the middle of the week to realign our hearts with what God is doing, even when we cannot see it clearly yet.

This week’s theme is one that might shift how you see the people around you.

God sends strength through people.

Sometimes we pray for strength and God sends a person.

Sometimes we ask for help and God sends a community.

Scripture reminds us in Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 that two are better than one, because when one falls, the other can lift them up. That is not just practical wisdom. That is a spiritual design. Your support system is not random. It was arranged.

So ask yourself honestly: Who has God placed in your life right now that you may be overlooking?

Strength does not always show up as power. Sometimes it shows up as presence. A conversation that comes at exactly the right time. A friend who stays when it would have been easier to leave. A voice that reminds you, quietly but clearly, that you are not forgotten.

That is God answering your prayer. Through a person. Through a community. Through someone who showed up.

Do not isolate when you need strength most. Lean in. The help you have been asking for may already be standing right in front of you.

Watch This Week’s While You Wait Wednesday Teaching

Dr. Lael unpacks this message in this week’s video teaching. Watch it, share it with someone who needs it, and then come back and tell us in the comments: Who has God used to strengthen you this season?

Because waiting isn’t wasted when God is at work.

Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville While You Wait Ministries whileyouwaitministries.com