Sit Still While You Wait

Then said she, "My daughter, sit still, until thou know how the thing will fall...

Ruth 3:18a

1Rejoice in the 2Lord always, again I say, rejoice.

3Let your 4patient mind be known unto all men.

5The Lord is at hand.

6Be nothing careful, but in all things let your requests be showed unto God in prayer and supplication with 7giving of thanks.

And the 8peace of God which passeth all understanding, shall preserve your 9hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

Footnotes:

1 He addeth particular exhortations: and the first is, that the joy of the Phillipians be not hindered by any afflictions that the wicked imagine and work against them.
2 So is the joy of the world distinguished from our joy.
3 The second is not taking all things in good part, they behave themselves moderately with all men.
4 Your quiet and settled mind.
5 The taking away of an objection; We must not be disquieted through impatience, seeing that God is at hand to give us remedy in time against all our miseries.
6 The third is, that we be not too careful for anything, but with sure confidence give God thanks, and crave of him whatsoever we have need of , that with a quiet conscience we may wholly and with all our hearts submit ourselves to him.
7 So David began very oft with tears, but ended with thanksgiving.
8 That great quietness of mind, which God only giveth in Christ.
9 He divideth the mind into the heart, that is, into that part which is the seat of the will and affections, and into the higher part, whereby we understand and reason of matters.

Phillipians 4:4-7