It can feel imprisoning or frustrating if we’re shut in or out of a place. When I inadvertently locked my office door from the inside before leaving and shutting the door, and then needed to get some papers to perform an urgent task, the realization that someone had the master key that could open the door was a tremendous relief. 

It can sometimes seem that many doors in life are shut to us—maybe when we’re looking for a job, seeking admission to a school, finding a home, trying to escape poverty, or exploring different treatments for a troubling diagnosis. How reassuring it is to know there’s a master key that can open any door and lead to the resolution of every human problem. This master key is Christ. 

What is Christ? The Bible provides an insight given by Jesus. He said that the Old Testament patriarch Abraham, who lived centuries before him, “rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it,” adding, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:56, 58). This reveals a fundamental fact: Christ, Truth, so fully expressed in the life of Jesus, is timeless and incorporeal. Christ isn’t limited to a particular person, time, or location but is the unchanging divine influence of God’s all-encompassing power, which, though divine, is applicable to every human need.