John Humenik explains why "all good things come to those who wait" isn't biblical, though people often attribute it to Romans 8 or Lamentations 3. The actual passages talk about trusting God and taking action, not sitting idle. Biblical waiting means active faith and obedience, not passivity.
You've probably heard of the old saying, all good things come to those who wait. And one of the things that people always construed that is, is that they actually thought that was actually a Bible verse, either from Romans 8 or from Lamentations 3. But in fact, that's not in the Bible at all. What we see here in both Romans 8 and Lamentations 3 is, is that God is talking about those who trust him and who seek him out, but have faith in those times of waiting, those seasons of waiting, and wait upon him. But when you're— when you use these large grandiose statements as all good things come to those who wait, ultimately at the end of the day there's actually some action that's involved and some steps of faith that's involved. And so when you take that statement into consideration, it's actually a biblical myth.
