A lady had a very fine clock. It chimed the hours beautifully, but it also played a lovely tune like a bird singing.
One day her clock stopped. She took it to several watchmakers but none of them could make it go.
At last she took it to a Christian watchmaker. Soon he had it chiming the hours again, but it would not play its tune. The lady was disappointed.
When she again appealed to the watchmaker he said, “If you will leave the clock with me, I’ll pray about it. Perhaps God will show me what is wrong.
Now this lady was one of those people who do not believe in God. She didn’t think there was any use praying about it, but she left the clock anyway.
The watchmaker knelt down and asked God to show him what was wrong with the clock. God answered his prayer, and soon the clock was playing its lovely tune again.
The lady was overjoyed. She exclaimed, “Now I know that there is a God, for no one but He could have told you what to do.” And this was not all. She wished to know more about the God who hears and answers prayer, and bore long she learned of His love in sending His only begotten Son who died for sinners. She trusted in the Lord Jesus as her Saviour believing that He had died for her. Thus she knew her sins were forgiven, and she proved for herself that God answers prayer.
ML-06/13/1976