“The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise to return, as some people may think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so he is giving more time for everyone to repent. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and everything in them will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be exposed to judgment. Since everything around us is going to melt away, what holy, godly lives you should be living!” 2 Peter 3:9-11
I wonder if there has been a time in your life when the Lord has really grabbed a hold of you and brought you to the other side of the cross. Literally picking you up, dusting you off from all the mud, mire, and sin that covered you, opened your eyes and revealed to you that the time to turn was now.
I ask because I know He is able and that He does. He did it for me. I wonder if now, being on this side of the cross, you realize the urgency to continue to confess and repent daily. I wonder if you know the importance of living a pure and blameless life that is not of complacency, or being a maintainer, but living on this side as one who daily hurries to bring others to this side as well.
He is coming brethren, He is coming so soon and all I can say is, "Hasten the day Lord Jesus, we long for Your arrival!"
May our hearts desire be that all people long for the return of Christ Jesus.
Use today to be the day you speak out for Christ with boldness and love. Don’t wait for the right time, the right time is now. People are dying, broken, and desperate, let’s not wait until it is too late. Desire and want more of people and for people, Jesus does.
Prayer: Lord place me in the path of someone today who needs to hear about You. Amen
