“God’s Time”
Rural time in Mexico
It is daylight savings time and still dark at an early hour. One bird, despite the dark, calls out in bursts of song. It knows dawn is coming, clock or no.
In the Mexican countryside, people speak of “God’s time”, that is, normal time, without any changes during spring and summer. They know that animals obey their biological clocks, the normal schedule, and don’t care at all (or even know) what human clocks say.
As a result, in rural communities many prefer not to change their clocks and, instead, follow “God’s time”. On one occasion, I even heard a loudspeaker announcing a town meeting and specifying that it was at a certain hour, God’s time. Just in case, they mentioned the DST hour as well.
Can I follow my Creator’s time and timing instead of insisting on my own expectations, or imposed human rules?
Can we, by faith, sing when it is still dark, knowing that dawn is coming?
We have the promise of a new day, of light beyond the darkness. Our song is not one of blind optimism, but of faith based on promises by the faithful One.
Let’s proclaim that we’re on God’s time!
