The Life Time Guarantee

         Every now and then you may purchase a product that has a lifetime guarantee. That can be deceiving in some ways because we don't know how long that particular lifetime is. Some times, it only applies to the original owner and if you give it to someone else, then the guarantee is not valid. I was wondering about the GPS that is around today. My phone has one and my car has one. I can pinpoint exactly where I am at any given moment. You can run your daily run and keep track of every foot of our journey. I would think that the Global Positioning Satellite contains some kind of power supply that keeps it functioning. I was thinking, “What happens when it breaks or the battery runs down?” It is not something that you can fix in just a moment but even our satellites don't last forever and at times can be seen falling from their orbit and crashing into the earth. I will admit that I have not thoroughly investigated how the system works or is maintained but there are few things that will last “for ever” and none of them have been manufactured here on this planet. John 6:51 says, “ I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever, and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

       The phrase, “for ever” occurs about 390 times in the Bible. If I make a bird house and give it to you and say, “This will last for ever,” You are not going to believe it because I don't have the ability to make anything that will last forever. The guarantee is only as good as the Person Who made it. Only God has the ability to create something that will last for ever. Only God can make a promise that things both good and bad will last for ever. Both eternal life and eternal condemnation will exist for ever, because God is the One Who guarantees it. There are some things that only God has the capability to do and one of them is to make something, whether an article or a promise that will last for ever. Revelation 22:5 says, “And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.” Heaven will be eternal as will be hell. God said it and only He can make it happen. In regard to the GPS that I have, I will still keep a set of maps in my car that are old fashioned and have to be opened by hand and folded back by hand in order to find out where I am going just in case the battery quits on the GPS in the sky. I will also only be trusting God for those things that I know will exist for “ever.” God's guarantee is much better than the Underwriters Laboratory. Praise God today for His promises that are found in His Word.