Keys

 "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and I have the keys of hell and of death."  The words of Jesus, Revelation 1:18

This afternoon, I put my dog on a leash, put keys in my pocket and headed out the door for our afternoon walk.  Halfway through our walk, a sense of foreboding entered my mind.

"I think I grabbed the wrong keys."

When I got home, I realized that, yes, I had grabbed the wrong keys.

Locked out!  

I had to call my husband at work to tell him that I was locked out, and could he please come home to let me back into the house.  "On my way."  he said.

I was no longer worried about being locked out, because I knew that my husband carried in his pocket the right set of keys to let me back into the house.

It brought to mind another set of keys, the keys to death and hell.

And it brought to mind Who holds the keys:  Our Lord Jesus Christ.

According to Webster, one definition of Key, is: "A means of gaining or preventing entrance, possession, or control."

A Key will lock or unlock, it will secure.  A key is access, admission, admittance, a doorway, entry, gateway or ticket.

Only One Person holds the keys.

This Person is also the Door.  

"I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."

The words of Jesus, John 10:9

How will you enter eternity?  Through The Door?  Or will you be locked out?

    Make sure you know the One Who holds the Keys...

        But that's just me!