Easter blessings for today

 

But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance – 2 Peter 3.8-9

 On this Easter Sunday we have a special reminder of how Easter. We celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus today. But we also celebrate His promise of salvation that keeps on carrying on. He is patient with a world where He desires all men to rejoice in that Easter gift.  

God is so good to keep reminding us of His faithfulness and patience and long-suffering in waiting for men to turn to Him. Days or years or thousand years mean nothing to Him. He will act in His time and will. He is not willing that any should perish but He wants everyone to be saved.

 

So God acts in His long-suffering. He delays His coming in judgement to give more people a chance to be saved. He is not slack. He is not late. He is going to act in His perfect time because He desire is that everyone will be saved.

 

I like this notion that God is not slack concerning His promise of salvation. God fervently wants everyone to come to Him. Therefore He gives us a chance and patiently waits for those who  come to Him. He waits even through the Tribulation giving chance after chance the world to be saved. He tells readers of Revelation today that they need to be saved so that they can escape the horrible judgements.

 

Human time-frames don’t come in to play, a thousand years, a day, it makes no difference God will work in His time to give every chance to come to Him.