What’s the Deal?
It’s that time of year! All of you last minute shoppers, it’s your time! Find the deals, grab the gifts, and make it to the finish line.
It is that idea of deals that got me thinking for this week’s article. Actually, the title of this article is a line from the Grinch movie that makes me laugh, but then I thought about deals as related to gift giving and … well, you may not want to know all the twists and turns my mind takes as it churns out an article.
You all know the basic premise of finding a great deal: it’s finding something you need or want for the best price. Value for your dollar. Bang for your buck. Here’s the thing: those stores offering those deals are still making money. Maybe not as much as they did off of less savvy shoppers, but they are still clearing profit.
Now let me tell you about the truly best deal ever. It is something we all need and everyone will want one day (Romans, 14:11, Philippians 2:10, Matthew 25:46). What if I told you that everlasting peace and comfort could be yours at no cost to you? The scoffers will say there has to be some cost. Others will mention worldly pleasures you may choose to forsake but, truly, this gift is free. It was bought with the precious blood of Jesus on the cross (1 Corinthians 7:23). He offers it freely (Romans 8:32, Ephesians 1:6).
But what about the profit? No one really gets something for free, right? It seems as though I am the one profiting here, not the one offering the special. While I don’t fully understand it, God sees me, and you, as the profit He gains from this deal.
“In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” (John 14:2-3)
“And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.’” (Revelation 21:3-4)
“Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!” (2 Corinthians 9:15)
AUTHOR: Amber Tatum
