'Are we there yet? Are we there yet?'
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"Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" is an often-heard line on long trips. Or, in this season, perhaps we hear something more like, "When can I open my presents? How much longer until Christmas?" Patience is something that does not come naturally to us. Whether it's a long trip or waiting for that inventory report or waiting for that crazy brother-in-law to get his act together. We do not like to be kept waiting.
Contrast that with God's attitude. If he became impatient with us, we'd have more to worry about than a long stare or a frustrated grunt. This is the same God on whose day "the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn" (v. 12). But thank the Lord that he "is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance" (v. 9).
Contrast that with God's attitude. If he became impatient with us, we'd have more to worry about than a long stare or a frustrated grunt. This is the same God on whose day "the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn" (v. 12). But thank the Lord that he "is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance" (v. 9).
