2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you,* not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
One of the eternal questions of the faithful (by which I mean eternal... people have been asking for millenia) is "Why doesn't God seem to answer my prayer?" Or why does God take so long? Or how can I get more patience to wait for God.
Peter turns that idea on its head a little bit and saying that maybe we don't need to get more patience to wait for God: maybe God is just being patient with us. Perhaps God is being patient and giving us time to grow in faithfulness and trust. Perhaps God is being patient and giving us time to learn to depend more and more on God and less on our own devices. Perhaps we need to NOT learn so much about patience but to learn to trust in God's patience.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
This Sunday is our annual cantata at both services (8:30 and 11). Invite your friends and neighbors.
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