Year 6, Day 222: 2 Peter 3

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Discipleship Focus: King

• King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle.  When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king.  Authority comes from Him.  Power comes through His authority.  He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.

I feel like this is a bit of an usual topic for today’s verse.  After all, look at the focus for the first half of this chapter.  Peter is talking about people who scoff and mock God.  Peter talks about people who fall away from the faith because they don’t think Christ is coming after all.

To be honest, it has been 2,000 years since He died.  It has been a long while.  But that really shouldn’t surprise us, should it?  After all, it was roughly a few thousand years before Abraham and Jesus.  God gave the promise of salvation roughly a few thousand years before He revealed His plan.  Should it really surprise us that He is going to take a few thousand years to allow His Gospel to spread, allow people to come to Him, and allow relationship to be restored before returning and ushering in judgment?

So, why do I focus on King today?  Ultimately, I think the ability to keep the faith rests in our ability to remember that God is king and then live like it.  After all, if we believe, confess, and live as though God is indeed king, why would we even doubt that He is coming back?  Why would the amount of time matter if we genuinely see God as king?  His timing is what matters.  His control is what matters.  My doubt is nothing when He is king.

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