Timeless!

The Lord does not delay [as though He were unable to act] and is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is [extraordinarily] patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 2 PETER 3:9 AMP

How do you define by time a God who is timeless? How do you place bounds on a God who was before time began, defined time himself and works according to his own time? When it appears God is slow about things I have committed into his hands, or what he has promised, I must remember that what is at stake isn't my reputation but God's name.

When he sees wrong and seemingly keeps quiet, is it that he is wilfully blind or supportive of wrong? When he sees someone do what is right, yet gets no earthly reward, is it that God too shows partiality? So many questions and not too many answers, but when you are dealing with God, you have got to plan for the unknown.

His greatest achievement is to make me like his Son. His purpose is that His life is manifest in me. He takes no joy in the eternal death of anyone, neither is he driven by revenge. When he seems slow, maybe he's thinking of the great value that life will be to him in the future. Ask Paul. If I have his heart, I will see others the same way. I will rejoice at the change of eternal destination of any life. God doesn't promise it will be easy, particularly if the person in question has taken a life, but then, if God could give me a fresh start, then I have grace to do the same. His time of favour is here

Prayer: Lord, as you work in time, help me respond to your leading, correction and direction, so I can be found in you at the end of my race.