A clock with no numbers may seem rather pointless, but it shows us how the topic of time is crucial to each one of us:
Stephen spoke about time tonight, looking at how God’s timescales seem so different to ours. It’s important that we understand God has a time for everything (Eccl 3:1-10) and that His timing is often very different to ours (the healing of Naaman, when he was commanded to wash seven times in the River Jordan, reflects this.) We need to follow God’s instructions if we are to know healing and success, just as we have to follow the doctor’s instructions to ‘take two tablets three times a day‘ if we are to know health! Our times are in God’s hands and whilst we often run around like the White Rabbit in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ asking if we are late for a very important date, we need to trust God’s timing.
2 Pet 3:1-10 reminds us that God is not slow in keeping His promises and has our good at heart. How we use our time is our choice; we can let time control us or we can let God direct our time, remembering that He is the ‘Potentate of Time’, ruling and in control of everything.