Galatians 5: | 22: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23: Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” |
James 5: | 7: “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. 8: Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.” This text tells of Jesus Christ, who is also patiently waiting for his Father to give the spiritual rain which will ripen the redeemed human crop. |
Numbers 9: | 2: “Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.”
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Exodus 9: | 5: “And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.”
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John 7: | 30: “Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.”
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John 8: | 20: “These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.”
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John 12: | 23: “And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.”
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Acts 17: | 26: “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;... 30: And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” |
Daniel 8: | 19: “And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.” |
Negative Attitudes:
We can complain and say God doesn't exist. Or that He is unable
to do what He has promised. Or that He is too slow or doesn't
care about the human race.
Positive Attitudes:
Or we can wait, trusting that everything Yahweh does has a divine
purpose and an appointed time. The following advice appears
many times in scripture: “Wait I say on the Lord.”
There is also that enormously encouraging text which
says:
Romans 8: | 28: “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” |
Job 7: | 1: “Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?”
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Job 14: | 14: “If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.” |
Genesis 18: | 13: “And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? 14: Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.” |
Genesis 24: | 14: “And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.” |
Psalm 27: | 14: “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.”
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Psalm 37: | 7: “Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him ...”
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Psalm 40: | 1: “I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.” |
Psalm 53: | 6: “Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!...”
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Romans 8: | 17: “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18: For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 19: For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20: For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 21: Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22: For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23: And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 24: For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25: But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.” |
Daniel 8: | 19: “And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.”
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Habakkuk 2: | 1: “I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2: And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. 3: For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” |
Isaiah 25: | 9: “And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” |
John 11: | 6: “When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.”
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Verse: | 21: “Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.”
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Verse: | 32: “Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.” |
The Most High will always richly reward those who patiently wait for Him.
Proverbs 27: | 18: “Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.” |