Overcoming Impatience and God's Timing

These flashcards provide vocabulary and key concepts from a lecture on overcoming impatience and understanding God's timing based on various biblical scriptures and analogies.

Isaiah 60:22

A scripture stating that at the right time the Lord will make it happen and hasten it with eagerness and speed.

Hasten (Hebrew context)

In the context of Isaiah 60:22, this Hebrew term speaks of speed and eagerness, implying God will move quickly when the time is right.

2 Peter 3:8-9

A passage explaining that with the Lord, one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day, emphasizing God's patience for repentance.

Isaiah 55:8-9

A scripture declaring that God's thoughts and ways are higher than human thoughts and ways, comparable to the distance between heaven and earth.

Impatience (Spiritual consequences)

A struggle that pulls one away from gratitude, creates anxiety and anger, and leads to envy or jealousy of those who have what one is waiting for.

The Battle between Futility and Infinity

The mental struggle of viewing God's timing from a limited human perspective versus understanding God's infinite nature and omnipresence.

Lamentations 3:26

A verse stating it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord, written by Jeremiah while his city was being destroyed by the Babylonians.

Entitlement

The underlying reason for impatience, based on the belief that God owes a person something rather than everything being a gift.

James 1:17

A scripture noting that every good and perfect gift comes from above from the Father of heavenly lights, who does not change.

Psalm 27:14

A verse instructing believers to wait for the Lord, be strong, and let their hearts take courage.

Active Waiting

A method of waiting on God by serving others and tending to current responsibilities, similar to a waiter serving other tables while waiting for a specific tip.

James 4:13-16

A passage that warns against boasting about tomorrow and encourages saying, 'If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.'

Hebrews 11:1

A definition of faith as the confidence in things hoped for and the assurance of things unseen.

Acceptable Time (Hebrew meaning)

In Psalm 69:13, this term refers to a time of favor, goodwill, or the right moment under God's grace.

Refining Seasons

A term for waiting seasons, emphasizing that these periods are meant for God to prune, grow, and refine the believer.

Psalm 34:10

A scripture asserting that the young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.