Ask anyone who has sustained a significant loss in life if waiting is hard. ?

Ask anyone waiting for a brighter future if waiting is hard. ?

Whether you have experienced death, the loss of a relationship, a job, a home, or have been waiting for a while to secure a relationship, job, or home, you know that patience is often tested in life.

And having one’s patience tested can be very uncomfortable.

It involves withstanding or tolerating difficult times or waiting periods without becoming overly restless, anxious, or annoyed.

Patience means accepting delays or hardships without complaint and persevering quietly and diligently.

It is the opposite of haste, which involves hurried and impatient actions.

I’m glad my mother taught me that good things come to those who wait.

I worked hard and paid my dues in my career while waiting patiently for the right opportunity. Recently, I was promoted to a leadership position, and I couldn’t be happier

My friends remind me that good things come to those who wait, but I’m getting a little impatient .

With investing, it pays to remain calm and have self-control. Markets fluctuate, but history suggests that patience leads to fewer losses and greater gains over time.

Good things come to those who wait.

To be a gardener is to know that good things come to those who wait.

Every spring, I plant seeds and wait patiently. Sure enough, come spring, I’m rewarded with delicious herbs and vegetables.

Patience. Just be still. Good things come to those who wait. If you had a dollar for every time you heard these things, especially the latter, you would probably be rich.

Is it true that good things come to someone who waits?

What does it even mean to wait?

And for how long?

Why would we be rewarded with good things?

The phrase doesn’t mean being patient but, instead, working hard when the opportunity arises. For example, you and your boss are the same age, but she is your boss because she worked harder when the opportunity arose. Therefore, she reaped the benefits of being in a management position.

We all know patience is a virtue, and we’re familiar with that cliché, and many of us know.

Patience is defined as an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay.

Although most individuals consider patience to be a passive, waiting, or gentle tolerance.

My take on this the word translated as “patience” means “endurance.

The athletes didn’t take a stroll or run at half their ability. They ran with endurance and perseverance. They ran to complete the race to the best of their skills and gave it their all.

They also ran the race patiently by persevering through difficulties. In the Bible, patience is striving towards a goal, enduring trials, or expecting a promise to be fulfilled.

Waiting without complaint is no easy task. It is a characteristic developed and refined over time since the day we were born.

How many times can you remember your mother or father simply telling you, “Be patient.” So, what is so virtuous about not complaining?

To be patient is to endure discomfort without complaint — to endure hardship.

This calls on the strength of humility, self-control, and generosity. In other words, patience isn’t just one fundamental characteristic.

It’s robust and complex and fuels our faith. We are given opportunities daily to practice it. At work, at home, with your kids, with your neighbor.

This ability is further refined and strengthened as we rest our patience, wants, desires

Waiting on God is your ability to believe that He holds and directs your life.

He is the author and perfecter, and He can do a better job of our lives than we can when we try to make things happen.

Do you want an Ishmael opportunity or an Isaac moment?

Are you settling for what’s good or waiting for what’s best?

Sarah had prayed for years to have a child, and when she realized God wasn’t going to give her one, she stopped waiting.

What’s worse is how she took matters into her own hands. She gave her maid to her husband to have children through her.

It wasn’t uncommon in those days for this practice, but they were promised a child from God. So, Ishmael came from this union, and instead of bringing joy to Sarah, it only brought bitterness and remorse.

When she was in her 90’s, God did something truly miraculous. He kept his promise, and Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to her precious baby boy, Isaac.

What was supposed to be a joyous time raising a family became a rival between the boys? It caused many problems until finally, Abraham sent Ishmael and his mother away.

Somewhere along the journey, we will be tempted to “create an Ishmael.” Like Abraham and Sarah, we will be tempted to make the promises of God happen.

The problem is that we can’t possibly do that.

The problem is that we can’t control God or his timing.

We don’t help Him in it unless He asks us to.

Our primary roles are to wait, make plans, and let Him guide our steps. In other words, yes, good things do come to those who wait on the Lord.

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