Since ancient times no one has heard,
    no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,
    who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.

Many years ago I read a book about ‘the fruit of the Spirit.’ In a chapter about ‘patience’, the author pointed out that the Bible talks about waiting in two senses: we wait on the Lord in prayer; but we also wait for Him in patience. His timing is not ours. We may have to wait a long time for some answers, but God is never too late, and He is always worth the wait.

‘Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.’ William Gurnall.

(With regard to the first part of the above verse in Isaiah, Derek Kidner observes that the New Testament points out how unimaginably these great works of God in Old Testament history would be transcended. See 1 Cor.2:9,10)