How to make time

I am not used to hearing the ticking of a clock.

I am a digital man, it takes me a good 10 seconds to read an analog clock. I still think about little hands and big hands.

For the past few years I havenʼt worn a watch. I know there is a trend where young people arenʼt wearing watches because they have their cellphones to check the time. But my decision to get rid of my trusty digital wrist watch had more to do with releasing myself from the temptation to constantly check the time. To live more freely.

Back to the ticking clock. My wife has put a clock in our study. It ticks. Every second. Previously I found the sound annoying. But I just had an epiphany.

You see I am a procrastinator. I am the worst. I have an unbelievable tendency to not be able to get things done. Itʼs not that I donʼt have a system of to-do lists or phone reminders. It just that I prefer doing other things besides the task I need to do. If I was productive 8 hours in a day, I think I would be a pretty awesome guy. A great youth pastor, excellent preacher and admin superstar. But I am not. Because I get lazy.

I recently read somewhere that time is one of those things we have no control over. When someone says they really need to “make time to...” they are really being a bit optimistic. We donʼt make time, we only use it wisely.
“For a manʼs ways are in full view of the Lord, and He examines all his paths. He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.” Proverbs 5:21,23

Eish.

Die for lack of discipline? Perhaps not physically, but certainly spiritually. Lack of discipline in our personal walk with God will lead to spiritual death. Lack of discipline in our ministry will lead to, well, not much ministry.

My epiphany? I want a ticking clock in every place I work. It might annoy me, but it will remind me that God has given me the gift of time. But it is limited. I donʼt want to waste Godʼs gift.
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