Time is a gift we cannot reclaim, and Peter’s final words in 2 Peter serve as a trumpet call to live with eternal perspective. Near the end of his life, Peter, once impulsive and fearful, wrote as a man refined by grace, urging believers to pursue excellence, godliness, and hope that transcends the fleeting nature of this world. Though the heavens will dissolve, the earth will melt, and all that seems permanent will fade, God’s promise endures: a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness reigns.

Peter’s question is profound: what kind of people ought we to be in light of eternity? His answer is simple yet challenging—holy, hopeful, and hastening toward the day of the Lord. Each moment becomes an opportunity to reflect Christ’s light, to let the delay of judgment inspire compassion instead of complacency, and to remain blameless, faithful, and at peace amid a darkening world. The patience of God is not inaction—it is salvation, a call for us to live fully in His mercy.

Every sunrise offers a chance to embrace this divine rhythm, to live as citizens of eternity in a temporary world. Life is short, but glory is forever. How might your daily choices reflect the urgency and hope Peter describes? In what ways can you run toward that eternal day with steadfast joy, confident that those who belong to Christ will remain, forever and a day?