Running by the Clock

We ran by the clock when we were in business for so many years that since we have retired, it's difficult not to run by the clock. We ran by the clock getting the daughters to school or after school or church activities. We watched the clock in the mornings so we wouldn't be late to work. Or after work when there was a nighttime meeting so we wouldn't be late. When you have an hour for lunch while working, you know at noon, you need to eat. When you have an early appointment, you know when 10:00 p.m. comes, you better be in bed with the lights out.
 

When heading to photograph a wedding, John calculated how long it would take to get to the destination; how long it would take should we have a flat. And, he was always reminding me of the time. Now, when we are going someplace, my husband is still inclined to determine how far we have to travel; what time we will get there, etc. although we don't have to be at that destination at any certain time.

When we pray and ask God for something, oft times we get discouraged because He either He doesn't hear our prayer or He doesn't get in any hurry to answer our prayer. We tend to forget that God isn't interested in time.

Dr. Adrian Rogers once said ,"You're not going to hurry God because He is not interested in time. He's interested in timing. Lean back, watch, wait, and trust. He knows what He is doing."
Are we so inclined to run by the clock that we don't take time to enjoy the now? To enjoy our families and spend quality time with them? How long as it been since you took the time to watch a beautiful sunset? How long since you gazed out the window and watched a squirrel scamper about burying digging up the nuts he had buried before winter? How long since you just took the time to sit and prayerfully thank God for the blessings He has given you. Or sit and reminisce? Or visit with a neighbor over the back fence? Time is something that you can't retrieve so we need to spend it wisely.

Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” John 4:13-14