8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 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. (2 Peter 3:8-9 ESV)
Elsewhere in scripture it says, “wait patiently on the Lord”. We should be rejoicing in God’s timing, whether that is His fulfillment of a promise or staying His hand of judgement upon our perpetual sin. We have a God that delivers everything in His just time and One who loves us enough to give us time to see the error of our ways.
It may be that you are in a situation today where you want nothing more than to for God to show His righteous anger on a difficult situation in your life. You are waiting on Him to act in vengeance on your behalf for those who have wronged you. But have you considered that He is waiting because there is something you need to fix in you first?
We cannot see the plank in our own eye for looking for the splinter or speck of dust in another’s.
Reflect on: How God may be showing you a greater mercy than those who have wronged you. Is it God or us who is slow to react?
