They also serve who only stand and wait. That old saying may sound like an oxymoron, but for artist John Waller it is the simple, Gospel truth – a truth he has been walking out in his own life. Who among us hasn’t become discouraged when you believe you have a promise from God and it doesn’t seem to be coming to fruition, John ponders. We are an action-oriented people and our tendency is to try to help God out by doing something anything. Abraham tried to run ahead of God and the result was Ishmael. That didn’t work out too well.
When a friend suggested John write a song about waiting on God, the idea just clicked. Everyone can relate to the pain of waiting on God, John says. I wanted to pose the question, What do you do when you are waiting on God? The answer is, you continue to be faithful where you are. You continue to serve and worship while you are waiting. I wrote While I’m Waiting in about ten minutes. I never dreamed it might end up in a movie.