Reading for Today - II Peter 3:8-13 - But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells

2 Peter 3:8-13 (ESV)

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

God is patient with this World, because he does not want anyone to perish, but all to come to repentance. Just because the Lord is patient doesn’t mean he will not fulfill His promises. One day, all things of the earth will be dissolved, and the works that have been done will be exposed. May we heed Peter’s word and seek to live a life of holiness and godliness. May we live a life that shows we are waiting for the Lord and desire his coming.
What a glorious day it will be to enjoy His promises in a “new heaven and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”