Many of the larger stores throughout the nation have a ?layaway? plan for the sale of merchandise through which a purchaser can have an item held for him by making a small down payment on it. The article is held by the store until paid for and then delivered to the customer. God has a ?layaway? plan for those who have received His Son as their Savior. In common with the plans frequently used in merchandising, it has to do with something that is laid away for future possession. Unlike the store ?layaway? plan in which the buyer pays the full price as he is able, God?s plan has to do with holding for us in Heaven something already paid for. In his letter to the Colossian believers, the Apostle Paul spoke of ?the hope which is laid up [literally ?laid away?] for you in heaven? (Colossians 1:5). That hope includes a number of wonderful things. It is the hope of the completion of perfection of our salvation. When we receive Christ as our Savior, God saves us from the penalty of sin. As we trust Jesus Christ day by day, He delivers us from the power of sin. When the redeemed stand in His glorious presence, they shall be forever delivered from the presence of sin. We shall be like Christ in perfection (I John 3:2).