Hebrews 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

This devotional was inspired by a commercial. The idea is that if you can find a better deal, go with it. Let me sweeten the deal! If I can’t beat their deal, I’ll just give it to you.  You have heard the deal. Slick talk, glossy photography, pretty models, high tech toys, bigger, better, faster; all to hype the deal.

Who do you trust? Doesn’t it all depend on who can deliver on promises made? What good is a lifetime warranty that dies with you? Good for the life of the car. Sorry, your car just died, get a new one. How about a guarantee that never dies, even when you do?

Check this deal out. Eternal life. Forgiveness of sin. Help here and now, instantly because you have your own personal concierge. A fully stocked and equipped support center. Growth and maturity, a never ending added value worth system. All this and assured by God himself.

Can you find a better deal? Go with it. I can say that because guess what, opting out doesn’t void the eternal life guarantee.

2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

Shop around, you won’t find a better deal. God guarantees it.

Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

I am presenting this verse in the King James Version but I looked at all the English translations. I found some translations capitalized the word Day. Some offered what that day might be; Christ’s return, the Day of the Lord, which are vague also as to what you might consider what those days mean, or when they will come.

I won’t be so bold as to offer up what “the day” means to you. Consider first that Paul wrote these words nearly two thousand years ago, to a people who are long dead. Where is this sense of urgency which Paul was trying to impart? If we look to what others say about the meaning of “the day” we can look to the scriptures to help define our sense of urgency.

Given that the word is given to all of us and we all are at different stages of maturity, growth, experience, and callings, isn’t the meaning different for each of us? That is the wonderful part about the word to be able to impart help to the reader as we change and our senses are further exercised. It means this to you today. It may mean something else to you tomorrow. What hasn’t changed once in all those years from its writing until your reading is the gathering together. The community of believers who love you, who live with you, who share everything you are going through today; that support system hasn’t changed even if the people in it have gone on and been replaced.

It doesn’t matter what you think “the day” is, we are here for you TODAY.