God's Timing

 

But beloved, do not forget this one thing,

that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years,

and a thousand years as one day.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise...

2 Peter 3:8-9, NKJV

 

I'm not trying to build a doctrine here, but think about this:

 

1 day to God equals 1000 years to us, or 365,000 days.

 

24 hours to God equals 8,760,000 hours to us.

 

1440 minutes to God equals 525,600,000 minutes to us.

 

86,400 seconds to God equals 31,536,000,000 seconds to us.

 

1 year to us equals 86.4 seconds to God.

 

1 day to us equals .23671 seconds to God.

 

In God's timing...

 

...the earth was created 6 days ago.

 

...Jesus was here 2 days ago.

 

...I was born 1 hour ago.

 

...last year was 1 minute 26 seconds ago.

 

...yesterday was only 1/4 of a second ago.

 

When we think that we've waited a long time to receive God's personal promises to us, remember that a lifetime here is about 2 hours to God.  I'm reminded of Abraham, whose 25 year wait for the son of his promise was only 36 minutes on God's watch.  And our wait for the return of Jesus Christ was just a couple of days.

 

So have patience, my friend.  God's ways are not our ways. God's thoughts are not our thoughts.  And God's time is not our time.  He's on the clock, on the job, and He is faithful to keep every single one of His promises to us!  It just takes a little time.