God has given us keys to serve as answers to problems. He divinely placed them in our hands.

 

A few years ago I had a dream, and I was preparing for a royal ball. I looked down and in my hand were 2 ornate keys. They were huge! Then suddenly in the dream I had lost the keys and was looking for them frantically.

 

Over time this dream came to pass as the Lord showed me I had laid down the authority He had given me.

 

Because I love taking others with me, I seemed to always wait for others to get on board. Jesus gave a serious rebuke one day that I was to pick my keys back up. Because I was a recovering people pleaser and concerned about losing people, it could easily cost me to lose my keys. That word in itself is for some of you.

 

It’s the same thing as selling your birthright.

 

My keys were mine and assigned to me alone. I had to learn to stop thinking I needed others to accomplish what I was mandated to accomplish. I also had to learn I was fully equipped to do the job.

 

The idea of shrinking back, so others have a chance, is like a deception. At God’s table and in His Kingdom there is room for everyone and everyone has been assigned to divine jobs.

 

We are to help others find their God-given keys, but we are not to lay ours down.

 

There will be times God asked you to stay in the shadows for others to fly, but this is done out of obedience, not out of a deception whereby the devil is using your goodness and kindness against you.

 

Listen, he knows you’re tender-hearted. He knows you care deeply for others. He also knows if you are susceptible to laying your keys down as some kind of loyalty to others. That sweet friends walks us right into disobedience.

 

The enemy is a master at twisting things, isn’t he?

 

So what keys have you laid down today? Remember, there are lives attached to those keys of yours.

 

Another dream I had was me taking a key and unlocking a heart-shaped door.

 

In other words, I had the keys to some needy hearts. What I carried, they needed. If I kept handing over the keys assigned to me, they might not ever get what they needed.

 

So let’s forget all the false humility and the bowing down to the devil, okay?

 

God’s will is for you to carry those assigned keys with His power and authority, and you don’t need to apologize for it. Simply walk in humility.

 

So if you’ve laid down some divine keys…today is the day to pick them back up.