Quotes about Patience

Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. 2 Timothy 2:7

At times we'll be tempted to think, "If Christ is who He says He is, and can do what He says He can do, and I am His beloved, why isn't He coming through for me?

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, / for I have put my trust in you. / Show me the way I should go, / for to you I lift up my soul.

Fourteen years lapsed between the time Paul first tried to fit in with the apostles and when he finally received the right hand of fellowship. I'd like to suggest the hand didn't come a moment behind schedule. What use would God have had for Paul if he simply turned out to be another James? Another Peter? Another John? His mission was distinct. And so, Beloved, is yours. God knows what He's doing! Trust Him. God is busy making you someone no one else has ever been.

Patience to wait does not come from suffering long for what we lack but from sitting long in what we have.

Sometimes we yearn for God to crack open a receptive door to share our faith. We scramble to grab an opportunity that never seems to come. Other times God swings open a door so quickly we're too stunned to walk through it!

After my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. I myself will see him with my own eyes...[on] a white horse whose rider is called Faithful and True….How my heart yearns within me!" JOB 19:26-27; REVELATION 19:11; JOB 19:27

Jacob, why do you say, and Israel, why do you assert: "My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God"? Isaiah 40:27

Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7

Those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength. Isaiah 40:31

He has torn us, and He will heal us; He has wounded us, and He will bind up our wounds. Hosea 6:1

Therefore, while the promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear so that none of you should miss it. Hebrews 4:1