It's Time - Remember Now

Time - it can be measured in minutes and hours; days and weeks; months and years. For some, it can be measured in nanoseconds - the "twinkling of an eye".

Biblically speaking there were two concepts when measuring time. In the Old Testament, time was marked based on events or festivals. For those in the New Testament period, there was a more traditional marking of time - a typical calendar orientation. An over-simplification I know, but accurate nevertheless.

Today we measure time in a combination of the two. We keep "date books" that record events and time keepers; watches, phones, palm-pilots, etc., that tell us our next appointment. We have instant communication across the street or around the world. Nothing is more than literally a click away either on our computer or our cell phone.

My point? How does God keep up with us? We are so frantic in our pace of living, does God have a small GPS chip in each of us that He tracks our "raising up and our sitting down"?  Or perhaps that is the wrong question.  Maybe the question should be, "How are we keeping track of God?"  A little here, a little there, "I can fit Him in on Wednesday at three but Friday is out, I'm booked solid."

I am like most people. I am a right now kind of guy. It is hard for me to be patient. To "wait on the Lord".  So I am thinking, does God wait on me?  Does He wonder, "Will Norm find sufficient time for Me today?"

In Isaiah 38, when Hezekiah was sick, he prayed this prayer:

Remember now, O LORD, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight."

It may be colloquial, but the "remember now" is interesting. Had it been that long? Did he think God my have forgotten his faithful service?  Is this a game of catch-up?  If so, Hezekiah comes to the table with some pretty strong cards; "faithfulness", "whole heart", "what is good", and it was convincing. God gave him fifteen more years.

If I were behind in my coming to God and have one of those "remember now" times -- would my evidence be that strong?