One day is like a thousand years

I’ve been on the road, and the church I attended Sunday had as part of its Scripture reading this text: “But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Peter 3:8).

I had always thought of the last part of the verse as a good description of what it must be for God to be outside of time. But this time the first part hit me: “One day is as a thousand years.” God, in His eternity, lavishes attention on every moment. Just think how much is going on in a day. Not just in your life–maybe it seems like not much has happened on some days–but in all of the lives of millions of people, all of whom have their own stories. God lingers. This is how He can attend to the prayers of everyone, every one of whom He loves. Throw in the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. And galaxies and nebula.

That one day is like a thousand years to God expresses the minuteness of His care and attention. For each of us and all of us, He has all the time in the world.