My heart was saying, “Lord, take away this longing, or give me that for which I long.” The Lord was answering, “I must teach you to long for something better.
Elisabeth Elliot (Passion and Purity)
Sometimes God likes to press deadlines.
That’s not to say that He never wants us to go ahead and try to make things happen. But there are certainly times when He wills for us to wait in fervent, but patient, prayer on His answer.