Slow?

“The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent.”2 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭9‬ ‭NLT‬‬

There are still many people who have not heard the gospel! Yet the church longs for the rapture. Who must miss out to satisfy us?

We can be selfish even about things of God. We become tired of the fight and long for freedom.

I advocate for refugee familes who, on the most part, want to escape Nepal. Some have managed to find spsinsors others have not. However, Nepal has charged them for their illegal stay and the new country want them to have $$. How can refugees afford this? They can’t, and therefore remain stuck in a land that does not want them. They long to escape.

This is the story of many Christians. They long to escape but none is provided. Who will help them? 

In the book of Revelations we read about the voices of the martyrs who cry out to the Lord, “how long Lord?” They were told to wait for those who were yet to join them. We do not like to hear that there is a number who must suffer and a number who must be saved, but that is the criteria. Even in the Old Testament God would not allow the annihilation of nations until their wickedness reached a certain level. He has His own benchmarks. Who are we to complain?

We, therefore, need His grace to continue.