Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
– Phillips Brooks –
Patience
Wait on God – JI Packer
“Wait on the Lord”—is a constant refrain in the Psalms, and it is a necessary word, for God often keeps us waiting. He is not in such a hurry as we are, and it is not his way to give more light on the future than we need for action in the present—or to guide us more than one step at a time. When in doubt—do nothing—but continue to wait on God. When action is needed, light will come.
– JI Packer –
from Knowing God
Waiting for God – G. Campbell Morgan
Waiting for God means power to do nothing save under command. This is not lack of power to do anything. Waiting for God needs strength rather than weakness. It is power to do nothing. It is the strength that holds strength in check. It is the strength that prevents the blundering activity which is entirely false and will make true activity impossible when the definite command comes.
– G. Campbell Morgan –
Having the patience of Jesus – Andrew Murray
It is in the course of our feeble and very imperfect waiting that God Himself, by His hidden power, strengthens us and works out in us the patience of the great saints, the patience of Christ Himself.
– Andrew Murray –
The Sanctification of Waiting – John Ortberg
Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be.
– John Ortberg –
Stand Still and Go Forward – Charles Spurgeon
“Stand still” —keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing voice; and it will not be long ere God shall say to you, as distinctly as Moses said it to the people of Israel, “Go forward.”
– Charles Spurgeon –
Waiting Till the Stream Runs Clear in Prayer – FB Meyer
Prayer means not always talking to Him, but waiting before Him till the dust settles and the stream runs clear.
– FB Meyer –
Patience is Harder than Work – Peter Marshall
Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.
– Peter Marshall –
The Benefit of Waiting – Charles Spurgeon
If the Lord Jehovah makes us wait, let us do so with our whole hearts; for blessed are all they that wait for Him. He is worth waiting for. The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes. The Lord’s people have always been a waiting people.
– Charles Spurgeon –
