The Satellite That Only Tells Time

Each of the 31 GPS satellites orbiting Earth does one remarkably simple thing — it broadcasts a time signal. That is its entire job. It does not take photographs like the Hubble telescope. It does not relay phone calls or stream video. Twenty thousand kilometers above our heads, each satellite simply announces, again and again, "Here is who I am, here is where I am, and here is what time it is."

Yet when your phone receives those modest signals from just four satellites, something remarkable happens. It can pinpoint your exact location on the face of the earth to within a few feet. Those faithful, repetitive pulses guide ambulances to emergencies, help lost hikers find the trail, and bring parents home safely to their children every night.

Paul wrote, "We are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do" (Ephesians 2:10). You may feel like your purpose is small — just one steady signal in a vast sky. Perhaps your calling seems as simple as showing up faithfully, speaking an honest word, or keeping time in your corner of the world.

But the Almighty designed your signal to intersect with others. And in that intersection, lost people find their way home.

You do not need to do everything. You simply need to be faithful to the signal God gave you to send.