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It’s fall again. Cooling temperatures and the start of new rhythms. Bible studies and discipleship groups are starting back up. Calendars are filled with all the things. And maybe, if you’re honest, you’re feeling a little left out. You want to be part of a group. You want the structure, the steady pace, the space to talk through Scripture with others, but your schedule says otherwise.
Maybe you’re in a season where nothing lines up the way you’d like. Maybe you’re juggling work, caring for family, or healing from something hard. I remember one season in particular where I was working two jobs, 8-5’s during the week and pulling twelve-hour shifts at the hospital on the weekends. My body was tired, my mind was a blur, and my soul was dry. But one day, I realized that my schedule didn’t mean I had to go without the Word.
So I started with what I had. Each time I had margin, I wrote down notes from the sermon text on YouTube. I read the passage again during the week. I asked questions. I prayed it back to God. Some days it was five minutes. Some days it was longer. And in that quiet, imperfect rhythm, God met me.
Here’s what I want to remind you: You don’t have to wait for the perfect group or the perfect time. You already have what you need.
Paul’s words in 2 Timothy 3:16–17 still hold true: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the servant of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
The Word equips us. No special tools required.
Start small. Open your Bible and choose a passage. A psalm. A parable. A chapter from one of Paul’s letters (epistles). Or begin with what your pastor preached on Sunday. Read it slowly. Read it again. Ask: What does this say about God? What does it reveal about us? What truth does it hold? What correction does it bring? What hope does it offer?
Write down what stands out. Bring your questions to God. Don’t rush past what’s hard or seems strange. Let the Holy Spirit take His time in refining your mind and walk.
You don’t need another six-week workbook. You don’t need a formal group. You need a willing heart and an open Bible.
God is faithful to meet us there.
This month, don’t let what you don’t have convince you to delay. Build a study right where you are. With what you have. As you are. Scripture is already alive. Already working. And so is God in equipping you for every good work He has called you to.
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To wait well is to lean in when we want to pull back. It’s to light our lamps with trust and faithfulness. It’s to keep our hearts open, our hands obedient, and our eyes on the horizon.
So if you’re in a waiting season right now, whether it’s for healing, direction, provision, or just a sense of peace, take heart.
The gospel isn’t a section of your life. It’s the center. It’s the lens through which everything else comes into focus. Christ doesn’t want a slice of your schedule. He wants to shape and permeate your whole life.
So how do we begin to live integrated lives of faith?
Here’s what I want to remind you: You don’t have to wait for the perfect group or the perfect time. You already have what you need.
Paul’s words in 2 Timothy 3:16–17 still hold true: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the servant of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
The Word equips us. No special tools required.
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! (2 Corinthians 13:5, ESV)