“Be patient. You’ll know when it’s time for you to wake up and move ahead.” – Ram Dass
Category: God’s Perfect Timing
“God might be holding back some of the pieces in your life right now on purpose. He won’t tell you everything because if He did, you wouldn’t be able to handle it. Knowing the will of God, whether for the big picture of your life or just one specific situation or decision, becomes easier when you understand that God operates step by step and that He allows many things to remain a mystery while you are walking them out by faith.” – Brenda Kunneman, The Roadmap to Divine Direction
“God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for Himself the knowledge of them, that He may train us up in a dependence upon Himself and a continued readiness for every event.” – Matthew Henry
“God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for Himself the knowledge of them, that He may train us up in a dependence upon Himself and a continued readiness for every event.” – Matthew Henry
“He wants you to come to Him, abide in Him, and the surprises are yours for the asking. He loves you more than anyone could ever love you.” – Barbara Sanders
“To wait open-endedly is an enormously radical attitude toward life. So, too, is giving up control over our future and letting God define our life, trusting that God molds us according to God’s love and not according to our fear.” – Henri JM Nouwen
“He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can be sure that in some way, He intends it for our profit and His glory.” – Jerry Bridges
“The will of God will never take you to where the grace of God will not protect you. To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.” – Bernadette Devlin
“All God’s plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them.” – EM Bounds
“God’s purpose in guidance is not to get us to perform the right actions. His purpose is to help us become the right kind of people.” – John Ortberg, The Life You’ve Always Wanted
