Monday, July 30, 2007
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It was home improvement time at our house, and with me having a chronic sense of "uncoordinitis," well, we obviously need some help. And our friend Tim is the man for the job for two reasons. First, he's just really good at designing and building and problem-solving. Of course, there are a lot of people who are craftsmen like that. See, the second reason is what really made Tim the man for the job. Sometimes we were gone when he was going to be at our house working. And since he was working in all parts of our house, he needed keys to everything, and there was no place in our home that he couldn't go. That meant we needed not only someone who could do the job, we needed someone we could totally trust. And we had someone like that.
I'm Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A WORD WITH YOU today about "Someone to Trust With the Keys to Everything."
Finding someone to trust these days is getting harder and harder. Especially when it comes to someone you can trust with you; with your deepest hurts, your darkest secrets, your fondest hopes, your greatest needs. Someone from whom you have no fear of betrayal or desertion or rejection. We all hunger in our soul for one person we can so totally trust that we can trust that person with all the keys to every corner of our life. Ultimately, you need someone you will never lose, not after you've trusted your heart and soul to them.
Maybe it's hard for you to trust. Especially if you've been betrayed or disappointed or hurt by someone you relied on. Or possibly the person you were counting on just went away. Maybe they decided to leave, or maybe they had no choice. Either way, you trusted them with everything, and they're gone.
You know, deep in our soul there is this deep need for someone we can open up to, confide in, lean on completely, someone to give ourselves to. Actually, we were created for such a person. It's your Creator who alone can fill the vacuum at the center of you that was made for Him.
So many who have looked for a harbor relationship where they won't be hurt, won't be used, won't be left alone, have found that harbor in one man - Jesus Christ. If you read what the Bible says about the purpose of your life, that shouldn't be a surprise. For example, in Colossians 1:16, God says, speaking of His Son Jesus, "All things were created by Him and for Him." See, you were created by Jesus; you were created for Jesus; you're going to have a huge hole in your heart until you have Jesus.
But can He be trusted with all the keys to your heart and life? Listen to Romans 8:32, our word for today from the Word of God, "God did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all - will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things?" The answer to whether you can trust Jesus completely is settled at the foot of His cross where He proved He loves you so much that He died to pay for every wrong thing you've ever done. And this man who loved you enough to die for you will never do you wrong. And beyond that, He's proved there's nothing He can't do when He walked out of His grave under His own power. This is the end of your lifelong trust search; the greatest love there is, and the greatest power there is. He'll never leave you, never divorce you, or never die on you. He wants you with Him forever. He gave His life to make that possible.
But He will not force His way into your life. He waits for you to reach out to Him in total trust, like a child trusting his daddy to protect him, like a dying person grabbing a rescuer's hand. If you've never given yourself to Jesus like that, you're still on your own. If you want to finally begin your personal relationship with Him, tell Him that this very day. If that's what you want, I hope you'll let me send you my booklet about it called Yours For Life. Just call and let me know you want it at 877-741-1200. Or just visit our website and you'll find a road there to beginning your relationship with Jesus. The website's yoursforlife.net.
In an insecure world like ours, it's hard to find a hand to hold that you can be sure will never let you go. There is one - a hand with nail prints in it because of His love for you. Would you grab His hand and give Him all the keys? Then, you're finally safe.