This morning on my way to work I looked at my watch before turning the ignition key. 7:12, plenty of time for the 12 mile commute. When I turned the truck off in the parking lot at the office, I glanced at my watch - 7:14. Excellent time if you travel at warp speed, but not in the city limits. My watch had stopped. Again....I just had the battery replaced Monday, because it stopped over the weekend. Now I'm a little peeved because I have to find the battery receipt, make another trip to Walmart and try another battery, look for the case/original purchase warranty and hope for the best or buy a new one. This watch hasn't let me down before as I have come to depend on it. I feel quite naked this morning as I took it off, because it does me no good. (although it will be correct at least twice in 24 hours....) My watch is taking a short "time out" today.
But my dead watch has taught me a lesson this morning. I was so focused and upset about my watch that I didn't take the opportunity to notice the clock on my truck radio, the clock on the wall in the office, the clock on my desk radio, the clock on my computer, and the clock on my cell phone. We dont' realize clocks are all around us, seemingly everywhere. Much like the omniprescence of our Lord, He's always around if we take the time to notice. And God can use other resources to accomplish His purposes.
I am hopeful the TBC Mens Ministry will begin to find those other "clocks" we have in our congregation as I take a short "time out" from our monthly meetings. I need the opportunity to notice things I've overloooked lately. I need to remember a recent Sunday School lesson that "God is in charge, He knows what He is doing, He doesn't make mistakes, He loves you very much, You can trust Him, He is sovereignly orchestrating all of the seemingly random circumstances of your life, He is turning evil into good, and He can use me but only if I realize I am inadequate apart from His power and grace."
DW
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