I travel quite a bit, and I notice some trips go by quickly while others seem to take forever. I once flew 17 hours from Johannesburg, South Africa to Atlanta. I found my seat and started watching movies. Watch a movie, take a lap around the plane, watch another movie and so on. The trip proved less torturous than expected.

I returned from Sioux Falls, South Dakota this week (just over an hour in the air) and the flight felt like forever. Antsy the whole way, I just wanted off the plane. Sometimes a short time feels long.

God’s schedule with us feels arbitrary, so it’s helpful to remember that with the Lord a day is like a thousand years. He is patient and wants all to come to repentance. Not slow at all, the Lord continues with untiring compassion. He extends time to those who need it.

The opposite is also true with God—a thousand years are like a day. The Lord moves fast when he wishes. I shouldn’t picture the Lord dozing somewhere in the heavens, lazy and forgetful. At some point the day of the Lord’s return will come like a thief.

Best keep a light burning.

2 Peter 3 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022

Photo by Jarrod Reed