Don't Ever Forget God's Promises or Power

2 Peter 3:5-6 “But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was forms out of the water and with water. (Evolution) By water also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.” Emphasis is mine.

            Lord, we humans are very short sighted.  I believe most of us are like the folks in the previous verses, except for the one who believe and promote evolution because not all of us are heretics or unbelievers.  We fall into what I call “Regularity Mode”, meaning that we tend to think that what is now will always remain the same.  That indeed is very foolish thinking, but we all fall into it at times.  Our enemy does not want us to believe You so he tells us, AH, these things won’t ever happen.  Look back.  Things will stay just as they are, you don’t have to worry about anything.”   I believe that is why Noah and the prophets had such a hard time convincing others about Your impending judgments.  In Noah’s time…it had never rained so it never would.  In the prophet’s time…judgments and the Messiah have not come in all of these years, so He, and they, may never come at all.  You knew this of course.

 Then You shake us to our very core to awaken us that our thinking is flawed and You will ALWAYS keep Your Word!  You did indeed send the flood in Noah’s time, and You did indeed send the judgments on Israel, and You did indeed come as Messiah!

            Just in the last six weeks You have shown us in America that You are indeed at work and not only can, but will, shake us awake:
September 11^th remembrance You showed us that our beloved, and up to that time safe, country could indeed be attacked.
Later in September: horrible flooding of the Susquehanna River and hurricane damage in New England.
Then even here in our Virginia, an earthquake of all things!

These things happened just in our little “neck of the woods”.

            Lord, You control the elements, history, and nature.  Those who are diligent in the study of You and Your Word know that what You say is true and Your promises, whether blessing or judgment, will come to pass just as You say they will.  However; I believe You tarry in the completion of these because of Your mercy.  You want as many to come to belief and repentance as possible.

            Lord keep me diligent and alert in my study of You and blind me to falsehood and the lies of the enemy.