He is a person of trust, he trusts what he knows about the future enough to not lose his head in the present. Job was blessed for his endurance. Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which endure. When the nighttime closes in, we must not throw away assurances the Lord has given us in the daytime.
Patience is one of the great biblical virtues.
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. Those who work with living, growing things often know the most about patience and faith.