Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
"We count those blessed who endured" - James 5
"The Lord is good to those who wait for Him." - Lamentations 3:25
In God's place, by God's pace, by God's grace...
Inadequate faith doubts the wisdom of God's timing or the goodness of God's guidance.
Faith manifests a peaceful willingness to wait for God in the unplanned place of obedience, and to walk with God at the unplanned pace of obedience.
Patience is the capacity to wait and to endure without murmuring and disillusionment - to wait in the unplanned place, and endure the unplanned pace.
If future grace extends into eternity, then we may understand patience in this life.
Patience is the evidence of an inner strength; Impatient people are weak, dependent on external circumstances.
Trust the power of God to turn all of your detours and obstacles into glorious outcomes.
"God sent me, God meant it for good" - Joseph reflecting on exile, imprisonment, slavery, and betrayal in Genesis 45:7 and 50:20.
Faith in future grace lays hold on the sovereign purpose of God to bring something magnificent to pass... this is the key to patience.
God's outcomes [goal], like those in the life of Job, are full of of compassion and mercy. James 5:11
The servant of the Lord must not strive - Charles Simeon. Faith and Patience.
Psalm 130:5 "I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, and in His word do I hope"
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