Trust God To Keep You Safe
"Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you." -- Psalm 9:10
We spend a great deal of time and money on making ourselves feel secure. We buy alarm systems for our homes. We go through metal detectors at the court house and at airports. We have increased security everywhere. We pay dearly for it, I might add. We're even fighting a war to feel more secure. Many people have died so we can feel more secure.
But are we more secure? Not really. The only security we can and will ever have is the security we get from God. That's it. No matter how many metal detectors and security guards and spies we have, someone somewhere will find a way to do evil things. Satan works hard at it. Our security comes from knowing that God has already won the ultimate war.
We also don't have security from life's horrors. People die in house fires and car wrecks. Children get cancer and the elderly suffer alone. We trek to the doctor but he/she can't cure all diseases. We carefully buckle ourselves and our children into our vehicles but we can't avoid all collisions or the aftermath they bring. We could hide ourselves away and still not be safe.
I don't mean to shout the doomsdayer chant. In fact, just the opposite. We do have hope in Christ Jesus. It is necessary to take precautions for our safety. But it does, like Brinton wrote, cross a line when we trust more in our security measures than God to keep us safe. It's idolatry. We are trusting these security precautions as much as or more than we trust God. That's a bad, bad mistake.
Trust God. Trust Him. He will never, ever forsake those who seek Him. Sure, we'll still face tough things. We live in a fallen world. But we can embrace His peace. We can rest in His embrace. We can take comfort in knowing that we belong to Him and He will keep us safe.
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