SATURDAY, February 21st, 2009

Hey Everyone! I hope you have a wonderful Saturday! It will be even better now that you have done your devotions!! Alright, well let's get to it!

II Peter 3
(The promises of God)

1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),
2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,
3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts,
4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.”
5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water,
6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water.
7 But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
8 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.
9 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.

Wow, at first it took a second for me to get into this passage but by the time I got to the end, this was definitely one of my favorite... Here is what it is saying: Jesus left and told us that He will come back again someday... Well, there are many unbelievers and mockers who say... YEAH RIGHT!! He is not coming back!! All of those old people in the Bible are dead and their not coming back... Have you ever heard someone say that? Whether on TV or at school or something like that? There are scoffers everywhere... Well the end of this passage explains something to us in a GREAT WAY!!!

Do you ever sit around and think to yourself... come on, He said He was coming back in a "short time" and it has been 2,000 years!!! What kind of short time is that?!?!

Well, did you read verse 8? " Dont forget this: A Day for God is like 1,000 days for us!!"
That literally means that God has only been gone for a short time from his perspective, only like 2 days!! WOW!! That is so great!!

The end of this passage reminds us, THE LORD IS NOT SLACK CONCERNING HIS PROMISES!!! in other words, he will not break his promises! He will come through on everything that he ever promises us!! WHAT A GREAT PASSAGE!!!

I AM SOOOOOOOO thankful for Gods longsuffering in my life... He is willing to forgive me over and over and over and over!!!! Thank you Lord for you Mercy!!