Did you know that God is the master clock maker? His clock is so different than ours. His clock is named “eternity.”
The marks on our clocks measure seconds, minutes and
hours.
But God’s clock is different. It shows these things – Always on time, no
limit to time, always the perfect time.
So, no matter where the hands land on God’s clock, it’s good – it’s the
correct time.
God made time for us.
When He made the world, He made time.
An interesting thing is that the Jewish people marked their
days beginning with the evening.
Remember in Genesis 1:3 (KJV) we read,
“And
the evening and the morning were the first day.”
I like that thought.
If we were to think or our days like that, we would be preparing for the
day ahead with rest and prayer. We would
be looking forward, not back.
But how can we hope to understand a God who is beyond time. God’s clock is always right. Sometimes ours run down, the batteries give
out, they are slow or fast. Sometimes
ours is messed with – going from one time zone to another, or going from daylight
savings time to standard time.
But God is not tied to our clock.
The Bible says in 2 Peter 3:8 (NIV)
“But
do not ignore this one fact beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a
thousand and years and a thousand years as one day.“
Remember Esther? Her story is about time. My abbreviated version goes like this.
Esther was a Jewish orphan girl, being looked after by her
uncle until she became the queen of Persia.
The King deposed his wife for disobeying him and Esther was
brought to him – along with a lot of other beautiful women. He chose her.
The story goes on to tell of a plot by Haaman (the bad guy.) He planned to have the Jewish people destroyed. The
perfect person to talk to the king about this was Esther. But she was afraid to go to the king and hopefully save her
people until she listened to her uncle's famous words.
“Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you
alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your
father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal
position for such a time as this?”
Esther 4:13-14 (NIV)
Esther was there at the time God had appointed. It was His time, not hers, not the king’s,
not the uncle’s. God wanted to protect
His chosen people and He appointed the time.
Psalm
31:15 (KJV) I
trust in thee. I say thou art my God, my
times are in thy hand.
