Chapel Recap: God Is Worth the Wait

In today’s chapel, Dr. Greg Couser continued the faculty series in Exodus with a message from Exodus 32. This passage chronicles Israel’s failure with the golden calf. His main idea was that God is worth it — wait on Him.

As Moses met with the Lord on Mount Sinai, receiving detailed instructions for the tabernacle, the people below grew impatient. Instead of trusting God’s timing, they demanded visible gods they could control. “They grew impatient for the very thing God was making provision for in His instructions to Moses,” Dr. Couser explained. While God was actively establishing a way for Him to dwell among them, they chose immediate gratification over faithful trust.

Dr. Couser explained that the people wanted a god made to their liking — and they wanted one right now. “Instead of God shaping their vision of Him, they felt that they could shape their vision of Him,” Dr. Couser said. In doing so, God became a projection of their fallen minds. Rather than submitting to who God revealed Himself to be, they attempted to recreate Him in a form that suited their expectations and eased their anxieties.

Dr. Couser then posed a pointed question: Do you treat God as if He can be adjusted to help you save face before the world and its opposition? Under pressure, it is tempting to reshape God into something more culturally acceptable or personally convenient. But those impulses lead away from faithful worship.

Dr. Couser explained that waiting means trusting Him, obeying Him, and staying in the path of His love no matter what may or may not come your way. It means believing that God’s timing and purposes are better than your own.

In the face of life’s longings, disappointments, and cultural pressures, the question remains: Do you believe that God is worth waiting for?