Bible Verses About Yielding to God's Timing
Scriptures on surrendering your schedule to His sovereign plan.
One of the most profound acts of worship is the quiet surrender of our own deadlines and expectations to the wisdom of the Father. patience in the waiting is not merely about enduring a delay, but about trusting that He who holds the universe also holds your tomorrow. By yielding your heart to His perfect rhythm, you find a peace that transcends the urgency of the world. Trust that His timing is always for your good and His glory.
Key Passages
"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."
"Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD."
"¶ And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him."
"Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it."
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"Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD."
"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."
"Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass."
"The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him."
"It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD."
"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
"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."
"Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh."
"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise."
"I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope."
"Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me."
"I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry."
"Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;"
"Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee."
"Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;"
"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him."
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
"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."
"Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:"
"He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;"
"And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform."
"That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
"And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise."
"For with God nothing shall be impossible."
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