BE NOT IGNORANT

2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Do not be ignorant of the Lord. We who live in a rushed and speedy world, trying to get enough minutes in the day to do all we desire to do are not as God. The Lord does not have a watch on His arm, or a time clock to punch. Everything past, present and future are ever before Him. “A thousand years in Thy sight are as one day.” In other words in one moment He can do all that He needs to do. He has no delays to bring anything to perfection. No impatience of trying to get it done, and done right, no desire to make haste. He is not slow as all of us have at sometime thought. Moses says in Psalm 90: 4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

Peter's view is in relation to the last day. That day that seems too many to be long coming. The Lord though does not operate in the long or short of anything we think. His eternity exceeds all measures of time. His power does not require delays for the purpose of his works.

Why then does He not come again? Longsuffering. We need to look at this in a different view. Is there anyone that you know that is not saved? There you have it, a reason for God to tarry. The Lord desires that everyone, yes everyone should come to know Him, repent and accept Jesus into their life’s.

Just one more day and so and so will be saved. One more hour and he or she will give their life’s over to the Lord. For just one moment, that will not always be. The Lord gives us space for repentance, without it being inconvenience to Himself. He is not willing that any soul, which He has made should perish.

The Lord is not slack: slow, tardy, late; exceeding the due time. Hebrews 10:37 (King James Version) 37 For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

The Lord shall fulfill His promise.

God Bless,

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