ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE THE KEYS TO YOUR HEART AND LIFE TO JESUS ?
Keys. Think about the actual physical keys that we carry about, have in our pockets, hide under a flower pot, or give to someone to have if we need them. Purpose. Keys have some very unique purposes. They are the “Key” item that we use to put “Locks” on what we deem to be valuable possessions in order to protect them. They also are of great use in starting the process of using a “Machine” to transport us from one place to another. “Key” thoughts or processes will allow us to do things as we implement effort and energy toward a goal or vision. Generally, keys provide a layer of safety and security to our homes, our belongings, and especially “our treasures !” Keys also allow us to hide things; to lock them away securely lest someone try to discover them or perhaps acquire them without our permission. Traveling in Europe recently led us to an incredible abbey in Austria where there was a collection of many artifacts from a long gone time period from the 18th Century; an amazing Baroque Complex where monks still live and “dedicate their lives to worship, culture, and education. In this collection, there is a wooden chest that features a very unique wooden lock mechanism that requires the operation of a certain key into a lock that is completely hidden and extremely difficult to unmask. One can only wonder about the many things it held in its secret and protected space. In a very true sense, we as mankind also have a place that we hold things in a secret and protected place that are not easily accessed and truly reach the Depth of Who we are, What we desire, and What we value. IT IS OUR HEART. IT IS OUR CORE AND CENTER. OUR TRUE DEPTH. IT IS ALSO THE ONE THING THAT GOD MOST DESIRES THAT WE SHARE WITH HIM AND GIVE HIM ACCESS TO SEE AND TRUST TO SHAPE AND SANCTIFY. GOD WANTS OUR HEARTS TO BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED AND IN CONCERT WITH HIS !
ABOVE ALL ELSE, GUARD YOUR HEART, FOR IT IS THE WELLSPRING OF LIFE. Proverbs 4:23
ANYONE WHO BELIEVES IN ME MAY COME AND DRINK ! FOR THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE, “ RIVERS OF LIVING WATER WILL FLOW FROM HIS HEART “ John 7:38
AND THIS HOPE WILL NOT LEAD TO DISAPPOINTMENT. FOR WE KNOW HOW DEARLY GOD LOVES US, BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN US THE HOLY SPIRIT TO FILL OUR HEARTS WITH HIS LOVE. Romans 5:5
I PRAY THAT YOUR HEARTS WILL BE FLOODED WITH LIGHT SO THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE CONFIDENT HOPE HE HAS GIVEN TO THOSE HE CALLED-THE HOLY PEOPLE WHO ARE HIS RICH AND GLORIOUS INHERITANCE. Ephesians 1:18
The heart is indeed a complicated and intricate thing to contemplate. It truly holds the very things that make us uniquely who we are as individuals. It showcases the things we most desire; the things we have our deepest passions for, our morality and our convictions. Our truths and our beliefs. It also can hold our weaknesses and our addictions. Perhaps even the things that we are drawn to that our not in our best interests. Pleasures, vices, fears., and more. ALL THESE THINGS ARE THE VERY REASON THAT WE MUST SURRENDER OUR KEYS TO THE VERY GOD WHO CREATED US AND LOVES US COMPLETELY. IT IS IN THE SANCTITY OF THIS TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE CAN FIND PEACE, REST, AND TRUE LOVE:) When I look at my own heart, I know that it will only be complete when I put it solely in God’s Hands. We can use our mind and our knowledge and our voice to dance around every possible challenge to our identity….but deep inside, we know, our hearts are the very core of our being. They hold our true joy and also our true sorrow. They hold our good, and our evil and fallen nature. In truth, they can be a place of righteousness and holiness, but can also hold secret rooms where we only allow ourselves inside. Perhaps rooms that we would be better off without. The Grace of Jesus Christ is that HE will gladly abide with us and protect and cleanse our Hearts if we but Ask Him Inside ! Give Him The Keys and let Him make of us a New Creation. HE ALONE can hold our hearts to a righteous and sanctified existence….AND THAT EXISTENCE WITH HIM IS ETERNAL. FOREVER !
AND LET THE PEACE THAT COMES FROM CHRIST RULE IN YOUR HEARTS. FOR AS MEMBERS OF ONE BODY YOU ARE CALLED TO LIVE IN PEACE. AND ALWAYS BE THANKFUL. Colossians 3:15
LET US GO RIGHT INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD WITH SINCERE HEARTS FULLY TRUSTING HIM. FOR OUR GUILTY CONSCIENCES HAVE BEEN SPRINKLED WITH CHRIST’S BLOOD TO MAKE US CLEAN, AND OUR BODIES HAVE BEEN WASHED WITH PURE WATER. Hebrews 10:22
Jesus makes it so clear to all of us from the time that He came to earth and walked among us that His Love For Us Was Beyond Our Capacity To Even Understand. He was willing to take on Our Sin and Be Crucified; taking on Himself the Wrath that was meant for Us ! Defeating death; resurrected to His Rightful Place beside the Father, with the Promise that WE WOULD BE HIS INHERITANCE. HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS ! Reigning with Him in His Kingdom for all Eternity. LOVE IN ALL IT’S FULLNESS ! Proclaiming yourself as a Christian in words only is not the answer. Going to a church service once in a while is not the answer. Believing in the falsity of the world and its wisdom and ways are not the answers. GIVING GOD YOUR HEART IS THE ANSWER….and it truly only can be given THROUGH JESUS. His Love and His Grace are our path to LIFE ! Not rules, not laws, not knowledge, not our own efforts…JUST JESUS. He alone can be your Savior, Lord, and King, filling you with the Spirit of God, and bringing you to relationship with The Father. YOUR DECISION IS TO HAND HIM THE KEYS:). GIVE HIM YOUR HEART/JAA
JESUS TOLD HIM, “I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. John 14:6
I PRAY THAT YOU WILL OPEN YOUR HEART AND COME….JESUS AWAITS ALL WHOM HE HAS CALLED. AMEN