Surprised by Grace (26): The day to remember

It’s been said,
“Tomorrow will be better.”
Presumably than today.

Obviously “yesterday” already and always knocked out by “tomorrow”.
But is it so clear cut that “today” is a sure loser to “tomorrow”? Yea.

It appears that there is this saying, or something like that:
Tomorrow eventually will be swallowed by Today.

Correct.
Soon as tomorrow arrives, it will have become today!

Today always wins out.
Forget yesterday.
Make tomorrow disappear.

Today seek grace, not tomorrow.

There’s a pretty complicated argument in Hebrews 3-4.
No point to pretend as exegetes.
Head straight to this:

So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: “Today when you hear his voice, don't harden your hearts.” (Heb 4:7, NLT)

There is the need for “another time” because the time previously announced or understood, presumably in the OT, wasn’t it.
So David (i.e. in Psalms) announced “much later”.

There’s no expiry date for entering into God’s rest, which is not equated with rest from war brought by Joshua at the Promised Land.
This rest is of a different kind.
One ultimately satisfies.
Kind of like living water.
Rest from thirst.

Expiry is not time determinant.
Rather it’s subject to the heart condition: “don’t harden your heart”.
There’s always the opportunity.
There’s always today.
No need to lament yesterday.
Nor wait for tomorrow.
Just seize today.

Therefore it’s apt for the author of Hebrews to close the discussion with the final verse of this chapter:
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most (Heb 4:16, NLT).

God of Grace will let anyone find grace in the most appropriate day—today.

Be ready to be surprised!