day 327: Where Did We File That Warranty?

You have bought that brand new piece of equipment that could be anything; a laptop, a printer, a copier, a car, a piece of machinery, etc. that is all new and shiny and you couldn't wait to get it and then, "bam" it goes bad in someway. After you do everything you know to make it work right, you are left with no choice but to search for the warranty to see how to get it fixed or replaced at no cost. You obviously shouldn't have to pay for the repair something that is new and turns out to be faulty or to be a lemon. It is then that those warranties come in so handy and you are really glad that you didn't just toss them out with the box. In larger companies, the IT teams are experts at keeping the warranties up to date and purchasing the extended plans where they think it is best. Don't we wish we could get a warranty on all products and work purchased or requested? If we had warranties on the work that we perform for others, and work from them, then we would likely get much better service all the way around. Instead, we are many times left with "the best I can do" not being good enough. So we long for any type of warranty from others that we can get. I wrote about this last week as well in how we search and look for guarantees, only to find that people always can let us down. Even as believers we can find ourselves searching to God for the warranty that He put on us. In Psalm 138:8 David searches at the end of the verse; "Don't abandon me, for you made me." David was saying, God you made me, so please keep your product and service warranty alive and well! It may be that we are having a hard time understanding why God allows us to be stuck in the job that we are in or that we feel like we are abandoned when our careers and our work just aren't working out. It is at these times that we need to fall back on the warranty of God's promises and if we can't seem to find that warranty then look no further than the Bible that He gave us to then dig out of His files, warranty after warranty written just for us.

Reference: Psalm 138:8 (New Living Testament)