Sitting a Little Closer Each Day

In Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, a lonely fox teaches the young prince what it means to form a real bond — what the fox calls "taming." But the fox's first instruction is not about words or grand gestures. It is about patience.

"You must be very patient," the fox tells him. "First you will sit down at a little distance from me — like that — in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day."

No speeches. No shortcuts. Just faithful, quiet presence repeated day after day until trust takes root.

This is so often how the Almighty works in our lives. We want the dramatic breakthrough, the sudden healing, the overnight transformation. But God, who is rich in patience with us, tends to draw near the way the prince draws near to the fox — a little closer each day. Through prayers that feel unanswered. Through Scripture that slowly reshapes how we see. Through long seasons that stretch on without resolution.

James writes, "Be patient, therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth" (James 5:7). Patience is not passive resignation. It is the quiet, daily discipline of showing up and sitting a little closer — trusting that what God is cultivating in the waiting will be worth every unhurried day.