Does today feel like the day to throw in the towel? I mean, really do you feel like you are just done with it all? I had a day like this. I took my car in to be checked for alignment and I waited and waited. I thought about the trying day I had the day before and the challenges I faced. I was so tired. Finally when the mechanic gave me the key to my car I thought, wow I am going home and going to bed, I am so tired! I got into my car and my fingers let go of the key. It fell deep between the seats and I could not find it. With wet tired eyes I went back into the shop and asked for help. One man came out and moved the seat back and forward looking under the seat. Tears started flowing from my eyes. He went inside and got a long magnet which did not help at all. Then I really started to cry. Then he left and another guy came out. He said " Don;t worry, I will find it." He pushed the seat forward, backward, Still no key. He said,he hoped it did not fall down into the gear shift. Then he took the entire console out of the car. He found a nice ring that fits my pinky finger perfectly then he found the KEY! To make a long story short, Losing the key was not the deep rooted thing that upset me it was a compilation of two days of just bad stuff happening and the dropped key was the straw that broke the camels back! I thought of the correlation between this event and compared it to how Jesus can take a really difficult life and turn it around. Just like key that fell between the car seat sometimes our lives seem to fall between the cracks of normalcy and elude us in deep troubling circumstance. We may try to find solution to our problems in a person, activity,or habit, I liken this to the first man that came to help me. He gave up, and left me there in tears. But at least he did go get someone else who would not give up. The second man was my savior of the moment. First he told me it would be okay. ( Fear not for I am with you. Isaiah 41:10 ) Then he evaluated my situation and decided to do surgery by taking the console out of the middle of the front seat, which required work on his part. He needed to look deeper.( John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.)
When the mechanic took out the console underneath it was a lot of filth I could not reach by just surface cleaning . Even though I knew I could not reach under the console I still felt ashamed for the filth there like a gum wrapper and part of an old french fry. This I compare to my heart before Jesus reached inside. The mechanic did not say anything about the dirt but he kept working steadily searching for the key. He picked up the debris and then he picked up the KEY which was hidden underneath it. My heart leaped with relief as he handed it to me. I could go home and rest now. Like a surgeon Jesus came into my heart and He cleaned away the debris there. Under it He found my heart and that is where He lives today. (Psalm 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God,and renew a steadfast spirit within me.Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.) Like the ring that was found in the car so God has placed His seal of approval on my heart. ( Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death . Song of Solomon 8:6 )
We need not fear or panic. We have a Savior and He can fix any broken heart and clean up any hidden sins. If this has touched a cord in your heart. Then ask Gods Son Jesus to come into your heart and clean it by forgiving your sin. Tell
Him you accept His forgiveness and to be your Lord and Savior. He will and He
will love you forever and place His seal of forgiveness and love on your heart.
