Slack Salvation
“ The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. ” II Peter 3:9 NKJV In human economy, slackness is synonymous to delay and slothfulness; but in God’s economy, slackness is always counted as perfection in timing. Understandably, man would readily count slackness or delay on the basis of personal considerations for progress, promotion, and the prosperity of promises. While disappointment and the apparent shattering of dreams are common realities in life, believers with absolute faith in the promises are called to count on the irreversibility of the promises of God. Obviously, human senses may not agree with the realities of personal inconveniences on the ground, but the confidence of the righteous always aligns with the fact that there is an ultimate system good waiting to be revealed. Therefore, slackness will be slothfulness when a personal...