Day 323 - What Kind of Christian's ought we to be?

Today's Reading: Ezekiel 38-39 and 2 Peter 3 

Today my blog comments will be from 2 Peter 3. The counsel in this chapter is to remind people to get ready for Christ' return. And yes He IS coming! Many may scoff and say, "Where is the promise of His coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation." (2 Peter 3:4)

In the context of this, we find the promise of 2 Peter 3:9, which I claim often in prayer:

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

Such a beautiful promise He's given us... And how His heart is aching for His children! He doesn't want anyone to be lost. But He is allowing the refiners fire to purge our souls, and to show our true allegiance.

The Bible goes on to say: "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness.." (2 Peter 3:10-11)

Ellen White writes the following in Christ Object Lessons:

"Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church. When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own. It is the privilege of every Christian not only to look for but to hasten the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, (2 Peter 3:12). Were all who profess His name bearing fruit to His glory, how quickly the whole world would be sown with the seed of the gospel. Quickly the last great harvest would be ripened, and Christ would come to gather the precious grain." (p. 69)

That last sentence haunts me... "Were all who profess His name bearing fruit for His glory, how quickly the whole world would be sown with the seed of the gospel..."

We can't change others... but we can, through the power of the Holy Spirit, change ourselves. Let us be among those that bear fruit for HIS glory...

Tomorrow's Reading: Ezekiel 40-41 and 1 John 1