Life Receipt ?

I watched this new Samsung phone advert and was struck by the main catchphrases - 'a world of possibilities, being in the know, being in control, and LIVE LIFE ON YOUR TERMS'. Really on my own terms?! It lead me to thinking about what happens if something goes wrong with the phone - you need it fixing or want a replacement and so you return it to the phone store - so much for being in control; that is until something goes wrong! It's the same thing with most items which you might purchase; consumer rights now mean we can return items we buy even if 'the colour just didn't match my eyes' and you can get your money back. Of course if, like the advert, i was in the know, in control, and living life on my own terms surely this would mean i could choose how i wanted my life to plan out, i would of course choose that my phone didn't break and that i could be in control of that too! Everything is fine until i need help - i am not in the know to be able to fix the phone, i am not in control in whether or not something might go wrong, and life isn't on my terms because when it comes to the fixing or replacement i definitely wouldn't choose the extra costs that always get added on. But here is the point; everything is fine until i need help.

It is fairly impossible to get through life without needing help, perhaps it is just me, but i know i need it - all the time! However unlike a shop brought phone with life if something goes wrong or needs fixing there isn't an easy returns policy that gets you a refund as long as you have the receipt! Sometimes in life things don't work out the way you want them to, bad choices are made, decisions that take us down the wrong paths, and often things are just out of our control.

That's when i realise how useless it is trying to live life always in the know, in control, and living it on my terms - it won't work. But living it on God's terms does! You don't have to be in the know or in control because God is - what better then to let the Creator, the Man Upstairs, the Maker of Heave and Earth be in control. He is in the know; about yesterday, about today, and about what will happen tomorrow. Not only that but with him there is a Life Receipt - Jesus. You can take that messed up, broken, sinful, hurting, rejected, painful, regret-filled life back to God's store and in exchange for Jesus, your Life Receipt, you get a guilt-free, renewed, fresh, ETERNAL life again. Jesus - the only way to exchange your old life for a brand new one.