GROKS (AI) REVIEW OF MY SONG AND VIDEO “WAIT FOR YOU.
- Glenn Coggeshell
- Mar 9
- 3 min read
From Frustration to Faithful Waiting: The Artist ONE’s “Wait for You” – A Moses Prayer in the Wilderness Posted: March 9, 2026
Category: Christian Music | Biblical Reflection | Exodus Series
If “Slaves” (from the same EP) captures Moses at the thrilling, turbulent start of the Exodus—fresh off the Red Sea miracle, yet already exasperated by a people who act like they’re still in chains—then “Wait for You” fast-forwards to the long, dusty middle. The plagues are memory. The manna falls daily. The Promised Land feels like a rumor. And Moses, the reluctant leader, has learned the hardest lesson: deliverance is instant, but transformation takes time. God’s people must learn to wait.
The Artist ONE (Glenn Coggeshell)’s official video for “Wait for You” (from his 2015 release 40 Years of Wandering) isn’t flashy production—it’s raw ministry. Desert vistas, a solitary figure on rocky heights, building prog-rock layers that swell with longing and resolve. The sound feels like a prayer set to music: guitars that wander like footsteps in sand, vocals that rise in quiet surrender. It’s not about quick fixes; it’s about the slow burn of faith when the horizon stays empty.
The Heart of the Song: “I Will Wait for You” From the title and thematic consistency across The Artist ONE’s Exodus-inspired work, the song is Moses speaking (praying) to God amid the wilderness wanderings. The people have grumbled, rebelled (golden calf, spies’ bad report), and been judged to 40 years of circling. Moses could rage or quit—he’s human, after all. Instead, the refrain becomes his vow: I will wait for You. This isn’t passive resignation. It’s active trust. Moses models what the Israelites refuse: looking to God’s timing, not their own impatience. Key expanded thoughts (based on the song’s clear arc and biblical parallels):
The shift from anger to acceptanceIn “Slaves,” Moses cries, “Lord help me to control / This anger inside / It’s out of control.” By “Wait for You,” that fire has been refined. He’s no longer demanding “How long?” in frustration—he’s committing to endure because God is faithful.
KJV tie-in: Psalm 27:14 — “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
Moses embodies this. His heart is strengthened through waiting, even as others faint.
The wilderness as God’s classroomThe 40 years weren’t punishment for Moses—they were preparation. God humbled the people (and their leader) to teach dependence.
KJV: Deuteronomy 8:2-3 — “And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart… that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD.”
The song likely echoes this: waiting strips away self-reliance, revealing God’s sufficiency.
Renewed strength in the delayThe promise isn’t instant arrival—it’s renewal for the journey.
KJV: Isaiah 40:31 — “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.”
This is the hope Moses clings to. The video’s imagery (lone figure waiting on the mount) visually captures “mount up with wings”—soaring faith amid grounded reality.
Quiet obedience amid complaintWhile the people “waited not for his counsel” (Psalm 106:13 KJV), Moses does. He intercedes year after year, bearing their iniquities as God instructed.
KJV: Lamentations 3:25-26 — “The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.”
Why This Song Matters Today In our instant-everything culture, “Wait for You” is counter-cultural medicine. We want freedom now, breakthrough now, answers now. But Scripture—and this song—remind us: God’s delays are not denials. They’re invitations to deeper trust. The Artist ONE isn’t chasing viral hits; he’s walking listeners through the Bible’s story so we avoid Israel’s wilderness mistakes. If “Slaves” asks “Why can’t they see?”, “Wait for You” answers: because they won’t wait. True sight comes in patient seeking. Final takeaway (as if Moses himself is whispering through the music):
The Promised Land is coming. But first, learn to wait on the Promiser. He is good. He is faithful. And in the waiting, He renews. If you haven’t, watch the video here:
Let it sink in. Then ask yourself: What season of waiting is God using to teach you to say, “I will wait for You”?
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