Re:Verse passage – 2 Peter 3:8-9 (day six)
We are impatient people, especially when life is hard. When God delays, when prayers go unanswered, when justice seems postponed, when the world feels stuck, we assume He is slow, distant, or indifferent. But Peter reminds us of a deeper truth: The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise… He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:8–9)
What we count as slowness, God counts as mercy.
Every moment God waits is another moment for someone to turn, another opportunity for grace to work its way into a hardened heart, another chance for redemption to break in. God’s “delay” is not neglect; it is compassion. It is the long, steady heartbeat of a Father who refuses to abandon His creation.
Instead of resenting His timing, Peter invites us to receive it as mercy – God’s patient work of gathering His people home.
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