Many of the fancier gadgets sold on TV come with a lifetime warranty. Many times, they promise coverage even if you do something dumb and mess it up. Though I haven’t looked at all the warranties, nearly all of them that I have looked at have some limitations.

I wonder what it would be like if God gave us a warranty. After thinking about this post, I remember something about a “recall” from God that was posted on a social networking site, but that isn’t where I think this is heading. With that in mind, let’s continue on.

Many of the lifetime warranties I’ve read include the limitation that abuse and neglect are not covered. That right there is enough to cancel all of our warranty coverage. Who has never overdone something, or neglected to take care of a health related issue? If you can honestly raise your hand and say that you have never done either… I would be surprised, and more than a little doubtful. You maybe ate too much, or not the right food. Maybe skipped the doctor because it was just a sore throat. If God gave us a warranty with the abuse/neglect clause, we’d all be in bad shape.

I’ve heard of warranties that required you to fulfill some weird criteria in order to get coverage. You have to call (which might end up taking quite a while), get permission, send it to a certain place, wait, wait, wait, answer questions, wait, get it back, etc. I cannot recall a time when I have had to mess with a warranty, like this or otherwise, so I have probably stretched the process some. The waiting part can seem longer when it’s you doing the waiting. This is another aspect I’m glad God varies in warranty coverage. The call happens immediately, no menu to go through, no being on hold. You get to the top of the first hill on that roller coaster and realize that you have just committed to something extremely stupid, you can reach God then and there. There is no place you can go on earth that you cannot talk to God.

There is one exception that someone may want to call me on. Sometimes God makes us wait. It may not be the right time, or He may want us to learn something from the situation. When you get to the end of that coaster ride, you realize that you can handle it, or that you need to stay away from the rides like that.

As I think about this, we do have a warranty, but we have to call on Jesus in order to register for it. There may be a waiting period of several decades, but the warranty repair we’ll get then makes it all worth it. Have you registered for your warranty?