II Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
KARMA. What does that mean? You hear it spoken of more frequently these days on TV. Without going deep into Hinduism or Buddhism, the meaning is that how you act today will eventually come around to pay you back in like manner. Basically, you get what you deserve.
But if you look at the world, it doesn’t seem like that’s really happening. You see some wicked politician or some evil dictator and you may wish he would get what he deserves. You may think, “If I were God, I would zap that person. Just instant obliteration!”
Why is it that God doesn’t do that? Why does a child molester have multiple victims? If God were doing His job, it seems like there would be some people that would just be gone.
The answer to this dilemma is found in the book of II Peter particularly in chapter 3. Verse 9 says this: “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.” If you go read the whole chapter you’ll see that it is talking about the end of time. God wants everyone to be saved from the judgment that is coming. He does not want anyone to make the wrong choice. He is patient with us. Really none of us get what we deserve. Thank God we don’t!
Instead we get what we don’t deserve which is the chance to turn away from our sin and follow Jesus. We get the chance to be saved and we do not deserve it. Don’t depend on karma to save you. Your good deeds will not save you. Make the choice to follow Jesus today while you have the chance.
Harriet Bowman