Welcome back to The Road2Wholeness
Blog. It’s day two of the quick lab
series Life of LAB, and today’s LAB is titled Key vs. Gate. We begin right away with scripture.
In John 10:1,
Jesus says “Anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in
by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
In John 10:7-10,
he continues, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. All who have come before me are thieves and
robbers.” … I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find
pasture. …I have come that they may have
life, and have it to the full.”
I find we go through life searching for keys. Some of us carry many, some just a trusted
few; others a single one. We walk, we
run, we climb; we add, we subtract, and in the end we reach the gate.
Picture this: You have your key. It’s bright
and shining; it’s been polished and cut more than once. It’s proven to be a vital one. It’s gotten you through rough spots. It’s worked in doors you’ve never
imagined. It’s a knowing, a piece of
wisdom that fell on you and you’ve never let it go. Now you’ve come to the gate, and there’s nowhere
to insert your key. The gate is like no
door you’ve ever met, and it’s like no challenge you’ve been met with. The gate is not impressed with your wisdom;
it’s not awaiting your story of how you arrived before it. The gate is tall. The gate is all wisdom. The gate is also all-knowing, and remembers
the whole story, but the gate does not mention any of it. The gate speaks, and yet it is silent. You push on the gate and it doesn’t move. You shake the gate, but it is still. You cry out to the gate and it appears for a
moment, the ground shook, but it’s quiet again.
You decide to get on your knees and pray. There’s thunder. There’s rain, and a line is forming behind
you. A few souls who did not subtract
enough, showed up with their watches on their wrists. They’re tapping on them, and it’s making a
tick tock sound. Your heart is
racing. You look on your key which is
now lying on the ground in front of you, and you now wish you’d brought
another. It was dark when you arrived;
now you can see the first burst of light.
You look behind you, and you’re met with a simple shrug. Whatever the other man knows, he’s keeping it
for his turn. You pound at the gate; you
turn your back, and prepare to go back to the lab. But just before you take the first step, you
shake your head, and you utter the word, Jesus.
There’s no thunder. There’s no
rain. Nothing’s shaking, but the gate is
opening. And at last, the gate begins to
speak, it responds, “I am the gate.”
There are many keys.
They get us through our lives.
They help us on our jobs, with our kids, and in times of
difficulties. Some we pick up on the
road. Some are handed down. Others we take from the Word of God, but the
gate is simple. The gate requires to be
known. It leaves no key hole and it
reserves its words for the moment you come to terms. Then comes life abundantly; a life of coming
in and going out, and not one where you are locked in or out. It’s a time of joy and freedom and
understanding. And it’s available now.
For the one who enters the sheep pen by the gate, there is
no thief who can steal, kill, or destroy.
For the one who enters the sheep pen by the gate, there is no limit to
what you can become. For the one who
enters the sheep pen by the gate, we accept an eternal breath of life. We take this breath, we share this breath,
and all the riches of God’s glory is added unto us.
Thank you for joining Life of LAB 2018. I hope you’ll tell someone about the
series. More importantly, I wait for the
moment that you say to someone… “Picture this.”
Remember to go within that you may never go without. The God within you awaits you. Until our paths collide again, I wish you... Peace, Love, Life, and Complete Wholeness in Christ.
In Service,
NaTisha Renee Williams
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