DON’T MISINTERPRET GOD’S LONG-SUFFERING FOR SLACKNESS

 The yoke of the oppressor shall be broken because of the anointing of God's favour upon you.

Good -Life Devotional: 

DON’T MISINTERPRET GOD’S LONG-SUFFERING FOR SLACKNESS

By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi 

    Many times, God’s people are oppressed and afflicted across the world, and one might expect Him to swiftly unleash His wrath upon the wicked. Yet Scripture reminds us in 2 Peter 3:9 that “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise… but is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” God’s patience is not weakness, but mercy. He delays judgment because of the eternal reality of hellfire—so dreadful that He takes no pleasure in anyone ending there (Ezekiel 33:11).

   The truth is that “there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and never sins” (Ecclesiastes 7:20). “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Since “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23), if God judged us as quickly as we wish He judged others, none would stand. As the psalmist confessed, “If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?” (Psalm 130:3). Indeed, “we have sinned, even as our fathers” (Psalm 106:6).

   Therefore, the right response to oppression is not bitterness but prayer—crying to God for deliverance from evil and asking Him to open the eyes of the wicked, that they may repent and be saved. Jesus Himself taught us to pray for our enemies (Matthew 5:44), and Paul urged that “supplications, prayers, intercessions… be made for all people” (1 Timothy 2:1-4).

   God’s justice will surely come, but until then, let us walk in patience, hope, and fervent intercession, trusting His timing and mercy.

  In our daily prayers we should seek a healthy appetite for God's word and the fruit of long-suffering and perseverance in the Spirit .

PRAYER: Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and receive the Holy Spirit and power to forgive .

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