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Tuesday—December 20th

O Come, O Key of David
Isaiah 22:22
In the days of King David, one of the closest advisors to the king was in charge of the key to
king’s treasury. With that key fastened to the stately sash on his shoulder he could hand out
the wealth of the kingdom. As each new king ascended the throne in Israel, a new treasurer
was given the key. You can imagine how some of those treasurers were wise and sensible with
the king’s treasures; while others might have used the key for self-serving purposes.
None of us deserves to go near God’s treasury of forgiveness and eternal life. We know how
we have mishandled the treasures God has given us. We know our own self-serving ways with
the good gifts God gives us. The door to God’s treasury is like the twenty-ton door to the
United States Treasury at Fort Knox. We must admit - we are too weak to open the door to
God’s treasures in heaven, let alone go near his treasures.
Isaiah prophesied that the key to God’s treasury would come to the perfect treasurer, “What
he would open, no one could shut and what he shuts no one can open.” Jesus is God’s perfect
treasurer. By coming to this earth, living a humble and perfect life, then dying on the cross and
rising from the dead he opened God’s treasury. He paid for our sins of mishandling God’s
treasures and now he is alive he says, “Look, the treasures of forgiveness and eternal life are
yours.” He says, “No matter how hard the devil and your conscience try to convince you that
the door is shut because of this sin or that sin, know that the door is open.”
Jesus leaves us with the comfort in the last book of the Bible that he holds the “key of
David” (Revelation 3:7). God fulfills his promises. His Son has opened the door to the treasures
of heaven. They are yours.
PRAYER:
Lord, let this be my refrain today as I get ready to celebrate Jesus’ birth, “O Come, O Come,
Emmanuel and open wide our heavenly home.”
ACTIVITY:
Sing “Jesus Loves Me This I Know.” Emphasize in Verse 1, “I am weak but he is strong.”
Emphasize in Verse 2 “heaven’s gates to open wide… Let this little child come in…” Talk about
when these might be appropriate words to for a child or an adult to think about.

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