How would you like your eggs?

You’ve probably heard the phrase “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.”  That is good advice if you expect the basket you have your eggs in to fail you or perhaps get stolen.  What I believe the Lord is saying is to put ALL of your eggs in MY basket.  He will not fail us, nor will He allow anyone or anything to steal them.

“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” - John 10:10, NKJV 

We tend to have so many other baskets in which we like to put our eggs rather than putting them in the Lord’s hands.  What are the eggs that I speak of?  You name it.  Your family, your finances, your need to be loved and your hopes and dreams are all good examples of “eggs”.  I’m sure you can think of lots of others. But, we put these eggs in our spouse’s basket or in the basket of the company we work for or in a respected leader’s basket, and so on.

The problem is that anyone or anything other than the Lord will fail you at some point.  Don’t you wish that there was an investment that was a 100% guaranteed success with an unimaginable return?  Well, there is.  It’s called the Kingdom of God.  It’s going to last forever and it will never ever fail.  Why?  The Kingdom of God is built upon the unfailing love of God.

I can also guarantee that if you put your eggs in the world’s basket, you will get to have them one way and one way only: scrambled with sand.  Sounds delicious, right?  Wrong!  Not only are the foundations of this age being shaken, they are crumbling because they are built on sand.  The scrambling comes in the form of confusion.  There has been much confusion in the world of late, and it isn’t going to get any better.

Now, it may be that we have some of our eggs in the Lord’s basket and some in other places.  This situation is not surprising since, again, the world teaches us not to trust in a single source for all of our needs and desires.  None of us wants to lose anything of value, and that is why we must trust the Lord completely and totally, not partially or halfheartedly.  I keep coming back to the phrase “all in”.

“Then Peter began to say to Him, ‘See, we have left all and followed You.’  So Jesus answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time -- houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions -- and in the age to come, eternal life.” - Mark 10:28-30, NKJV 

It may be difficult at first, but the long-term benefits far outweigh any short-term pain.

As for me, my desire is to trust the Lord with everything, my whole life, not just some things.  He can handle all of it, and he can shape us into what He created us to be if we will just allow Him.