“But do not
forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand
years, and a thousand years are like a day.
The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand
slowness.” 2 Peter 3:8-9a
While
these verses actually refer to God’s patience with mankind regarding their
salvation, I like to think it applies to all His promises throughout
scripture. Verse 8 clues us into His
omnipresence. He was and is and always
will be. He is neither under the
constraint of time or space. His timing
is perfect and never late.
In our finite and mortal state
of existence we become panicky if things don’t transpire as we think they ought
to. We question God’s timing as if He
doesn’t know what He’s doing, when we are
the ones who are clueless. Left to our
own devices we make choices that are not the most beneficial for us. Only God knows what is best for us. Our faith and trust must lie in the fact that
all things are in His absolute and complete control at all times. It takes time for us to reach this point in
our walk with God because faith is a progressive thing. We start with a spark and as we experience
life with God that spark grows into a flame which when fanned can become a
raging inferno. This particular fire is
good for it represents a heart that is on fire for the Lord. Each situation in life is an opportunity to
express and stretch our trust in God. He
will keep His promises to us. On that we
can rely. As I have continually said,
there is no record in all of scripture of any failure on the part of God to do
that which He has said He would do. You
either believe that or you don’t.
There’s really no in between ground.
Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!
