Greetings to all, good morning, good afternoon, or good evening on this blessed Sunday. May God grant each of us with the virtue of patience as we wait to see and understand the timing of His plans as they unfold for our lives. Amen
God has nothing but good plans for our lives, and that's why we are told to carry everything to Him in prayer. Many of us have something in our lives that we are longing to have. However, we fail to seek peace and the patience that will help us to wait as the answers to our prayers patiently manifest .
Even when we face some of life's most difficult and challenging times, we tend to grow weary and give up waiting. I want to encourage us to wait on God's timing; at the right time, He will make everything happen.
2 Peter 3:8-18 (NCV)
8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: To the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day.
9 The Lord is not slow in doing what he promised—the way some people understand slowness. But God is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to be lost, but he wants all people to change their hearts and lives.
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The skies will disappear with a loud noise. Everything in them will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be burned up.
11 In that way, everything will be destroyed. So what kind of people should you be? You should live holy lives and serve God,
12 as you wait for and look forward to the coming of the day of God. When that day comes, the skies will be destroyed with fire, and everything in them will melt with heat.
13 But God made a promise to us, and we are waiting for a new heaven and a new earth where goodness lives.
14 Dear friends, since you are waiting for this to happen, do your best to be without sin and without fault. Try to be at peace with God.
15 Remember that we are saved because our Lord is patient. Our dear brother Paul told you the same thing when he wrote to you with the wisdom that God gave him.
16 He writes about this in all his letters. Some things in Paul's letters are hard to understand, and people who are ignorant and weak in faith explain these things falsely. They also falsely explain the other Scriptures, but they are destroying themselves by doing this.
17 Dear friends, since you already know about this, be careful. Do not let those evil people lead you away by the wrong they do. Be careful so you will not fall from your strong faith.
18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory be to him now and forever! Amen.
Lesson: God is a God of patience, and His timing is everything, always perfect, always on time, and is never too late.
We, too, must be patient and not give up hope because the Lord's will in our lives will be done, and more importantly, He is coming soon (James 5:8).
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