"You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom (society), living at ease and feeling secure, bragging as if you were the greatest in the world! You say, `I'm self-sufficient and not accountable to anyone!” Is. 47:8
Right now, in what or in whom are we placing our security? Our money, our stature, our power, our spouse, our name, our title, our talents, our looks, our routine, our stuff?
What does God have to say about what or whom we entrust our security to?
- Hab. 2:9 “You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your families beyond the reach of danger.”
- Job 8:15 “They cling to their home for security, but it won't last. They try to hold it fast, but it will not endure.”
- Ps. 69:22 “Let the bountiful table set before them become a snare, and let their security become a trap.”
- Is. 47:8 "You are a pleasure-crazy kingdom (society), living at ease and feeling secure, bragging as if you were the greatest in the world! You say, `I'm self-sufficient and not accountable to anyone!’”
From God’s perspective, what’s the true security solution?
- Prv. 3:26 “...the LORD is your security. He will keep your foot from being caught in a trap.”
- Prv. 19:23 “Fear of the LORD gives life, security, and protection from harm.”
~Now, we cognitively know this to be true, but have any of us ever secretly whispered to ourselves, “I’ve tried trusting God with ______, but in doing so, it seems more and more and more ‘bad things’ keep happening. And now I am beginning to question everything about God. Honestly? I actually am beginning to believe that God’s actually ‘not all that in control’ and not all that interested in me. Life’s more about who gets lucky.”
If any of us are entertaining these kinds of thoughts, nothing could be further from the truth, and we’re wise to both recognize our vulnerability and then seek wise counsel and prayer.
The devil wins when he can get us discouraged to the point of despondency.
Jn. 10:10 “The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.”
But God’s purpose is very different: “My purpose is to give life in all its fullness. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” Jn. 10:11
“I love the LORD because He hears and answers my prayers.
Because He bends down and listens, I will pray as long as I have breath!
...I saw only trouble and sorrow.
Then I called on the name of the LORD: "Please, LORD, save me!"
How kind the LORD is! How good He is!
So merciful, this God of ours! The LORD protects those of childlike faith.”
Ps. 116:1-6
Because He bends down and listens, I will pray as long as I have breath!
...I saw only trouble and sorrow.
Then I called on the name of the LORD: "Please, LORD, save me!"
How kind the LORD is! How good He is!
So merciful, this God of ours! The LORD protects those of childlike faith.”
Ps. 116:1-6
May God bless us in the challenges we face this week!
Shaun and Betsy
