Where are my keys?
My family hears this question at least once a day. Are they in my other coat, my pocketbook, on the counter or the bureau, or just plain lost? Use the questions below to think about your keys and the Key of Life, the Key of David. Share your answers with a friend if you like.
THE KEY TO LIFE IS CHRIST
- Where are your keys right now? (Without looking) how many keys do you have?? Which one of these keys would you hate to lose most? Do you have more metal keys or more plastic key cards? What type of key chain do you use? What do you like about any ornament attached to your keys?
- Think about a positive experience you have had with keys. Think about a negative experience. What do these experiences say about you and about what you value in life?
- The dictionary associates keys with locks, security, possession, entrance, power, identification, and even a very old word for “spear”. What does the image or symbol of a key mean for you?
- The Scripture writer named Isaiah (22:22) associates keys with the ‘lord’ of the house and with leadership of the house of David. In the New Testament, Jesus becomes this lord and holds the keys to life and death, the keys to our inner kingdoms. How is Jesus like and unlike a key in your life? How does the phrase, “Jesus is Lord!” strike you? What door could Jesus open for you? What new freedom, security or healing would you ask Jesus for right now?
For Group Use
BEGIN your sharing and reflection time, by inviting everyone to place their keys in the center of the table. Ask people to guess whose keys are whose. After they guess ask, “What hints did you use to decide about the ownership of the keys?”
Then proceed to questions 2, 3 and 4. End with a reading of Psalm 23.