Friday, December 1: Ezekiel 40-41; 2 Peter 3 by Pamela

Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Ezekiel 40-41; 2 Peter 3

These verses stood out for me:

9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you,[a] not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies[b] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.[c]
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.

When my kids were small, sometimes days would last for eternity. All the busy-ness that comes with raising tiny humans is exhausting. The cleaning, the changing, the feeding, the endless cycle that goes on and on. Some days it seems like it will never end. A wise person once said "The days are long but the years are short" and how true that is. Now as a Mom with 2 out of 3 children currently away from home I have trouble remembering just how long those days really were.

God's perfect timing is outside of our knowledge. We watch the cycle of evil grow and black and white fade to grey and the cycle continues and we wonder if Christ is ever coming back. The headlines show that our sinful world gets worse by the day. However, God always keeps his promises and one day He will return and it will all become clear that this was exactly the perfect time and we won't remember just how long all those years of waiting were.

Knowing this, that Christ will return, we need to make sure that we stand on the truth and not be swayed by the ways of the world while we wait. Our every action will be revealed and we need to be ready.

Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Ezekiel 42-44; 1 John 1