A New World with Just One Turn

A tiny key. When it is lost, we can't start the car or get in the house.

When it is found, it unlocks passage to duty or desire. So much has been written about the key to the heart, etc. There's myriads on the key to the kingdom. The search is endless for the key to power. There's no access to our world on the internet, our home, our friends, or eternity without a key.

The key? Look in the face of a child when we open that door. What does the child do? Walk in. In that face, we see a glimpse, a clue. We stand at the bottom of the stairs and with glee the little one jumps into our arms. The young swimmer jumps into the deep water, because Mom or Dad is nearby.

The simple childlike faith entitles us to the riches of the kingdom. We open the door and are never the same again.

Power comes only to those who hold the key in submission to the Master and vow to use it only for the sole glory and purpose of the Master. Power is lost the second self-interest emerges.

Only in this does the key turn.

Do we take God for granted?

Just reading in Deuteronomy 4.

32 -33 Ask questions. Find out what has been going on all these years before you were born. From the day God created man and woman on this Earth, and from the horizon in the east to the horizon in the west—as far back as you can imagine and as far away as you can imagine—has as great a thing as this ever happened? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? Has a people ever heard, as you did, a god speaking out of the middle of the fire and lived to tell the story?

34 Or has a god ever tried to select for himself a nation from within a nation using trials, miracles, and war, putting his strong hand in, reaching his long arm out, a spectacle awesome and staggering, the way God, your God, did it for you in Egypt while you stood right there and watched?

This was in a day when the Holy Spirit didn't come to each person when they accepted Jesus, God's Son, as personal Lord and Savior. Moses was charging the people before they went into the Promised Land. We can call to remembrance so much also of how God has spoken and moved in our lives. He truly is mighty!!!

Acceptance

Acceptance. What does that mean? We crave the acceptance of others who will fully embrace us just as we are, without trying to be something better or fit in. Where do we find the filling for our soul? "Accepted in the beloved" the Bible says. Accepted and loved. Loved and accepted. I read 2 Chronicles 7:1 where Solomon's sacrifice was accepted when fire fell from heaven. The glory of the Lord so filled the temple that the priests couldn't enter. Back up a chapter and find the answer. 2 Chronicles 6:14 gives the key, "whole heart" toward God. That's difficult today... so many distractions and loyalties, but 100% toward God in my affections, focus, etc. 2 Chron 6:18 poses a question back in Old Testament history... Would God indeed dwell with men? Is that even possible? The rest of the chapter is full of heavy words about sin. The message is clear from Genesis to Revelation. If we repent, He will forgive, forget the past and shower us with love. Why did God demonstrate His acceptance of the sacrifice? There had to have been 100% repentance first. How awesome it is when God accepts the brokenhearted's sacrifice. The all-consuming fire of God is purifying, intense, and ALIVE!!! We don't serve a dead god. We serve a Living God Who grives over sin, but rejoices in the upturned face of childlike faith emanating an innocence rediscovered after repentance. So precious to be wrapped in those strong arms of refuge, support, love and ACCEPTANCE.