Have you ever been to a shop or restaurant because you heard that they had a special offer on, only to find that the special offer only applies on certain special days? Not so special after all. Any ’special’ offer the world makes you invariably has some sort of a time constraint. Maybe it’s only good on Tuesdays, or maybe only between 11 and 1 ‘o’ clock. I can’t count the number of times I’ve found a voucher in my shopping entitling me to some discount, and then noticed in the small print that the offer expired three months ago. God is also making us an offer; the offer of finding rest in Him. But God’s offer is different, because instead of setting a specific day for it, He has said that this offer applied “today”. And “today” means now, whatever day of the week, month or year it happens to be. We don’t know when Christ will come again, but until then, as long as you have ears to hear the offer, and a mouth to tell people about it, it’s staying open.
