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"It is too late for things to turn out for good"
📖 Related Verses (9)
2Peter 3:8 "But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."
2Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
Acts 1:7 "And he said unto them,
It is not for me to determine whether something is late or not.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
Ecclesiastes 9:11 "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all."
Understanding and respect for time is the source for success. To say that it is too late shows lack of understanding and respect for time for time is meant to be our helper.
Habakkuk 2:3 "
James 1:4 "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing."
The fulfilment of God's promises does not make you perfect but being perfect fulfils God's promises to you. God always aims at making you perfect.
Job 7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
All things including time are programmed to work for my good.
Just as it seems a long time for God to fulfil His promises God can also bring something to pass that will seem to man to take a long time to fulfil.