2 Peter 3:8-13 (NRSV)
A thousand years as one day
But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.
Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire? But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.
Reflection
God doesn't need to hurry. Maybe I need to hurry or you need to hurry but God doesn't need to hurry. God is outside and beyond time. God came into time in Jesus but in the spiritual sense God is outside of time.
Here we learn of God's patience with us, but we shouldn't take that for granted. The time for repentance is now. It's not intended to give us the opportunity to let sin go and wait. We need to repent here and now. We all sin. I have sinned and will sin again, but it's not about waiting until we see Jesus to repent. It's about repenting now.
Prayer
Lord, as I sit in the silence of day I come to you and repent of my sins. I look to you for forgiveness and the strength to carry on in the manner that would please you. I look to your coming again and wait. Come, Lord Jesus, come. --- Amen
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