Quotes about Waiting
Learn to trust His timing. Don't get in a hurry; don't grow impatient; don't try to force doors open. Don't try to make things happen in your own strength. Let God do it His way.
— Joel Osteen
The farmer has patience and trusts the process. He just has the faith and deep understanding that through his daily efforts, the harvest will come.And then one day, almost out of nowhere, it does.
— Robin Sharma
True worship is open to God, adoring God, waiting for God, trusting God even in the dark.
— NT Wright
Trust God in the dark until the light returns.
— AW Tozer
All he asks is that we trust Him, that we stand before Him in integrity and faith. God is just waiting for us to trust Him.
— Charles Swindoll
We are still awaiting Easter; we are not yet standing in the full light but walking toward it full of trust.
— Pope Benedict XVI
To wait, biblically speaking, is not to assume the worst, worry, make demands, or take control. Nor is waiting doing nothing. It is a sustained effort to stay focused on God through prayer and belief. To wait is to "rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him" (Psalm 37:7).
— Max Lucado
God can turn any tragedy into a triumph, if only you will wait and watch.
— Max Lucado
And it is when we are out of options that we are most ready for God's surprises.
— Max Lucado
Sometimes God takes his time...
— Max Lucado
Sometimes God takes his time: One hundred twenty years to prepare Noah for the flood, eighty years to prepare Moses for his work. God called young David to be king but returned him to the sheep pasture. He called Paul to be an apostle and then isolated him in Arabia for perhaps three years. Jesus was on the earth for three decades before he built anything more than a kitchen table. How long will God take with you? He may take his time. His history is redeemed not in minutes but in lifetimes.
— Max Lucado
He turned his back and went through the door into the cool beyond. Momma backed up inside herself for a few minutes. I forgot everything except her face which was almost a new one to me. She leaned over and took the doorknob, and in her everyday soft voice she said, "Sister, go on downstairs. Wait for me. I'll be there directly.
— Maya Angelou