Right Key, Wrong Truck

Right Key, Wrong Truck

The other day as I was leaving the grocery store I was headed to my truck I took out my remote to open the truck door, pushed the button and nothing. No lights blinking, no door latch opening – nothing. Then I looked a few spots down and there were my truck lights on and doors unlocked. I stood there for a moment and looked at these two trucks. They were just alike in all possible ways except the key I had in my hand only opened one of the trucks. I had the right key; I was just looking at the wrong truck. The key only opened the truck it was designed or programmed to open.

Well, when something like that happens at first you feel stupid and then you just laugh at yourself. But here is the deal about those keys. They only open one truck. You could line up a hundred trucks just like mine in color and model and those keys will only open the truck they were programmed to unlock.

That’s the way life is. Life was meant to be lived one way and one way only. Each of us was designed to live life according to God’s plans and purpose. When you try to live by some other plan or for some other purpose then the outcome is different than what was originally meant for you.

We live in a culture that has the highest level of life dissatisfaction in the world and the highest occurrence of depression in the world. It is truly amazing when you consider that we also live in a culture that has the highest level of material possessions. Anything a person could want or desire is available at a price. You can have electronics, clothing, jewelry, cars, an exciting nightlife, places to go and people to see. You can have it all and still be lonely, unsatisfied and have a life without purpose or meaning.

True meaning and purpose only comes when you live life according to the One who gives meaning and purpose to life. Jesus said in John 10:10 that he came so that we might have life and it to the full. “To the full” I like that phrase. It implies that living a life with Jesus will result in a life that is full and complete not lacking in anything.

Is your marriage complete?
Are your family relationships complete and meaningful?
Are you lonely?
Are you complete and satisfied?

Most people spend a lifetime looking for satisfaction in all the wrong places and their life never works out. They are unhappy, broke, lonely, rejected and focused on chasing a dream that never turns into reality.

The key to life is right in front of you or more accurately deep inside you. The spirit of God which lives inside you will lead you to the right place in life to find Jesus Christ. When you find Jesus, he will be the key to a full, complete life you have always searched for and the life for which you were designed to live.

So the next time you take out your keys and push the remote remember the key to life is Jesus Christ and He and He alone will open to you a full complete life. A life lived in glory and honor of the almighty God.