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Waiting In The Water

By The Isaacs

1,796 views Sep 29, 2026 updated Why Can't We album Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

The Isaacs tell this one through John 9's healing of the man born blind, and they stay close to the mechanics of the miracle rather than skipping to the result — Jesus rubbing a handful of clay into the man's eyes, then sending him to go wash in the pool, matching John 9's account of mud made from spit and the walk to Siloam almost line for line. The detail that the man 'couldn't help but trip and fall' on the way there, still blind, still obeying, is the song's real hinge.

'Every step I take is a step in faith, when I can't see what's in front of me' turns that walk into a template for anyone waiting on an answer that hasn't arrived yet — the healing exists already, promised, but it stays 'waiting in the water' until the obedience of the walk actually happens. The song doesn't pretend the waiting is easy; it admits stumbling is part of it, and lets the miracle stay one step ahead of certainty rather than arriving the moment faith is decided.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

A helpless man blind from birth

The only one who saw his worth

Didn't pass him by, He heard his cry


He rubbed his eyes with a handful of clay

Then He said, "Go wash in the pool today"

And the blind man knew that's what he had to do


You know along the way

He couldn't help but trip and fall

Each time he got back up

I wonder if he thought


Every step I take is a step in faith

When I can't see what's in front of me

I'll walk on and just believe

He hears my prayer


And when I get there

The miracle promised by my father

Is waiting in the water


I've walked in darkness, I won't lie

Just like that blind man sometimes

I've felt all alone, like all hope was gone


I know that His word is true

And no matter what I'm going through

He promised me that He would never leave


I know along the way

I may stumble and I may fall

But I'll make it to the water

Even if I have have to crawl


Every step I take is a step of faith

When I can't see what's in front of me

I'll walk on and just believe

He hears my prayer


And when I get there

The miracle promised by my father

Is waiting in the water


I know He knows where I am

And somehow this is all in His plan

So until my healing comes

I'll keep pressing on


Every step I take is a step of faith

When I can't see what's in front of me

I'll walk on and just believe

He hears my prayer


And when I get there

The miracle promised by my father

Is waiting in the water

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