Timeless

“Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: with the Lord one day is like 1,000 years, and 1,000 years like one day.” (2 Peter 3:8 CSB)

To God, time is irrelevant. Timing is not, but time is. That is the point that Peter is making to his readers in the verse above. Many were saying, “So, where is this return of Christ you keep talking about?” Peter and others often preached as if Christ were going to return in their lifetime. Of course, that is the proper attitude for any Christian in any age, but the reality is that we do not know when He will return. We only know that He promised He would, and God always keeps His word. The timing is all His.

With eternity, time really is irrelevant. We measure time in human terms, as accurately as we can, and we tend to see life in terms of linear time. But that is not the way it is with God, who is eternal. With no beginning and no end, time really has no foundation. It is always the same time in heaven. It never changes. And part of what that means, of course, is that all of us who go to heaven arrive at the same time.

Only timing is important to the Lord, and the timing of Christ’s return and all else that accompanies that great event are determined by the Father. We, therefore, simply trust that to Him as we continue to walk with Him faithfully.

Lord, Today may we rest in this truth of timelessness, and may we simply trust You faithfully for all things. Amen.