| Good morning everyone, Our theme for this month: “Live like it’s true” Our Bible verse for today: “With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” 2 Peter 3:8 (NIV) Our thought for today: “The richness of a day” I’ve always found Peter’s observation in 2 Peter 3:8 to be a fascinating insight into the nature of God and the limitations of man. Time doesn’t pertain to God. God is outside of time. God created the construct of time as a structure within which the course of human affairs would unfold. But God is bigger than time and He is outside of it. Picture a piece of pure white posterboard that extends infinitely in all directions, and let’s say that is God. In the middle of that posterboard there is a small black line. The beginning of the line represents the beginning of time as we know it. The end of the line represents the end of time. The entire line is contained deep within the person of God but God Himself is over, above, and around the line of time. He exists outside of it and He sees all of it in a single glance. So as God views time, from His perspective a thousand years is like a day and a day is like a thousand years. There’s no significant difference to Him. He sees it all at the same time. A day and a thousand years mean a lot to us, but to God it’s all just a brief blip in eternity. What does that have to do with our devotional topic of living like our faith is real and true? Author Alan Fadling notes, “With God, a single day is so full of life that it could take us a thousand years to unpack it. A single day is dense with meaning to God. There is more to kingdom life available to us in one day than we can imagine.” Each day is deep, full, and rich beyond our comprehension. God’s creation is so complex and so packed full of activity, opportunity, and richness, that we could lose ourselves for a thousand years in an effort to explore it all, experience it all, and understand it all. God has packed each day with a thousand years-worth of beauty and blessing. This is why we need to slow down, savor life, and live in the moment. Most of the time most of us just skim the surface of life and we miss much of the richness, beauty, and blessing that is packed into each day for us by God. I encourage all of us to take the time to truly savor and appreciate the depth and richness of this day the Lord has given us. God bless, Pastor Jim (If you like what you’re reading in these daily devotionals, and if you would like more content from Oak Hill Baptist Church, join us on Sundays at 10:00, in-person if you are nearby or, if you are geographically distant or if you just can’t make it, online at www.YouTube.com/@oakhillbaptistcrossville |
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