A Time For Everything

‌”There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven” – Ecclesiastes 3:1

Leonard Sweet, in his book “The Bad Habits of Jesus: Showing us the Way to Live Right In a World Gone Wrong”, writes the following:

“William F. Allen, who in 1883 “pulled off a miracle.” What he did was to get not just an entire coast to pull in sync, but an entire nation.

In [New Jersey Governor Tom] Kean’s words,
Until high noon on October 18, 1883, every rail line ran on its own time. Every train station set its own clocks by the sun. So when it was noon in New York, it was 11:58 in Trenton and 11:56 in Camden, and so on. Pure chaos.

Allen was chosen to sort out this mess, and after eight years, he convinced the nation to adopt the time zones that we have today.

The task the church faces is a lot like Allen’s, except we are trying to get people to adopt the time zone of eternity. As my mother, Mabel Boggs Sweet, used to put it, ‘God’s clock keeps perfect time.’”

The Lord calls us into different seasons, and we need to live each of these days, bringing glory to Him.

“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.” – Theophrastus