The Keys of the Kingdom

Have you ever found some old keys lying around your house and couldn’t remember what they were for?  Myles Monroe states, “Possessing a key you cannot identify or match to a particular lock is as bad as not having a key at all.” He continues, “What good are keys you can’t use?  They are as useless as locks you can’t open.” And when you think about it the problem gets even more complicated when you have keys but are trying to open the wrong lock. A few days ago I took a trip with some friends that required us to use a rental car.  Upon reaching our destination we decided to get lunch. We found a good Mexican restaurant went in and ordered.  I realized I had left something in the car so I went back out to retrieve it. I walked up to the vehicle pressed the unlock button and nothing happened. I pressed it again and got the same response. I said to myself, “This thing isn’t working, maybe the battery is dead.” I grabbed the door handle pushed the button again and suddenly realized the car I was trying to open was not ours. Someone had pulled beside us in a vehicle that was similar in model and was the identical same color. Of course I was embarrassed and prayed that the owner wasn’t watching. Jesus had this to say about “keys” in Matthew 16:19.  ^“And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." However, the problem with many believers today is, we have a big bunch of “spiritual keys” but most don’t know how to use them.  We have the keys, but we don’t know which key unlocks which lock or we are trying to open the wrong lock.  God’s desire is that we understand the concept of the Kingdom and learn how to use the keys of that Kingdom.  There are so many issues pertaining to our families, our health, our finances and our freedom that need to be bound or loosed. We can only do so as we seek the Holy Spirit’s guidance in helping us find the right “key.”  For it is the Father’s desire to give us the “keys” of the Kingdom.