Wait On You (Reprise) [feat. Dante Bowe & Chandler Moore]
Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music · Old Church Basement
Rooted trust, Isaiah 40 lived out loud
What do these signals mean?
- Edifying: Points the heart toward God, truth, hope, or love.
- Worth Weighing: Real good and real concern together. Test it before you take it in.
- Take Caution: Leans toward what could dull or mislead. Approach carefully.
- Consider Avoiding: Celebrates what Scripture warns against. Little here builds up.
Weighed against Scripture
“But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
The song's entire closing movement is a direct musical expansion of this verse, naming the eagle, the running, the walking, the renewal of strength for those who wait on the Lord.
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
The psalm's direct command to wait on the Lord and take heart mirrors both the posture and the pastoral invitation of this song.
“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.”
"If You said it, You'll perform it" echoes Abraham's faith that God was able to do what He had promised, holding the promise even when circumstances argued against it.
This song opens with a disarmingly honest confession: the writer doesn't lean on wishful thinking, but on a God he has actually seen show up. From that lived experience, trust is not demanded of the listener but modeled. The repeated refrain builds into something almost liturgical, inviting the congregation to rehearse waiting as a spiritual discipline rather than passive resignation. The Isaiah 40 section at the end lifts the whole song into something bigger than one person's story.
No profanity, no harmful content. Honest, grounded language that names real struggle before arriving at real faith.
The song moves from honest uncertainty to declared trust in God's faithfulness. It doesn't pretend the wait is easy, but it consistently orients toward God as author, promise-keeper, and strength-renewer.
Clearly written as corporate worship meant to encourage believers in seasons of waiting. The bridge draws almost verbatim from Isaiah 40:31, anchoring the song in Scripture rather than sentiment.
In whatever season you're currently waiting through, does this song feel like permission to stop striving, or does it feel like one more thing you're supposed to feel that you don't quite feel yet?