Among the many things that could be said of Jamaica’s
political history are those moments of proverbial humour, often characterising
the exchanges in Parliament. And none
moreso than when the Right Honourable P. J. Patterson, Prime Minister was about
to announce an election, and the then Leader of the Opposition, the Honourable
Edward Seaga speculated on what the election date would be. Patterson in referring to the fact that a
broken clock was usually right at least two times in a day, compared the Leader
of Opposition to a broken clock with a major twist... he was never right!
In Job 8 Bildad could be safely compared to a traditional
analog clock that is not working. Except
he, unlike the Leader of Opposition, was at points correct. I was especially drawn to that bit where
Bildad became unintentionally prophetic regarding Job's outcome as he made an
accurate assertion about how God will deal with the righteous, "Behold,
God will not cast away the blameless; nor will He uphold the evildoers. He will
yet fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing." Verses
20, 21.
Although a broken clock is usually correct twice in a day,
you’re never quite certain at one point it is correct - unless you can
independently verify the time. Hence, it is never useful to tell the time. What a broken clock is to telling the time,
is what the Bildads of the world are to divulging truth... unreliable. "To the law and to the testimony, if they
speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them."
Isa. 8:20.
Father in Heaven may Your word be, "a lamp unto my feet
and a light unto my path." Please protect us from those who would wrest it
out of its proper context so we do not miss Your intended lessons. This we ask
in Jesus' name, amen.
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