Devotionals

Solomon invites us to look at life from a hard yet honest perspective: life “under the sun.” From this viewpoint, everything seems repetitive, tiring, and lacking novelty. Generations come and go, but the earth remains. The sun rises and sets, the wind goes around and around, the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. Everything moves, but nothing truly advances.

In his second letter, Peter invites us to look at history and the future through the eyes of eternity. He reminds us that there have always been people who mocked God’s promises, questioning the return of Christ and living as if nothing were going to happen: “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised?” (v. 4). To them, time seems to deny God’s Word, and God’s patience is interpreted as weakness or forgetfulness. But Peter warns us that God does not measure time as we do; the apparent “delay” is actually an expression of mercy. He wants everyone to have the opportunity to repent and return to Him.