Security

Security

Is it
in another person
Is it
in 4 walls and a roof
Is it
in quantity of funds for work done.

Is it?

What is it?
What does it mean?
Where is your security?

Is it
in calmness
in peacefulness
in quietness
in solitude
in having no fear

Is it?

What is it?
What does it mean?
How do you obtain it?

Is it
in having a well-paying job
in being in good health
in having health and life insurance
in being surrounded with family
in having a husband or wife
in having children

Is it?

Is it
always being happy in everything going just as you planned
Is it
in contentment
in sleeping pain-free
in having no anxious moments
in assurance

Is it?

What is it?
Do you have security?
Where did you obtain it?
What does it mean for you?

"count it all joy when you fall into various trials ... ask in faith, with no doubting, ... Blessed is he who endures temptation; for when he has been proved, he will receive the crown of Life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him." - James 1:2a, 6, 12

Today's reading in "I Want to Live These Days with You" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer reminds me that security is found only in Jesus / God. No matter what befalls us it is only through faith that He can do what He says, what He promises. If we do not believe Jesus holds the key to all we ever need, then our security lies only in ourselves and that is not true security.

Being surrounded by fellow believers and studying His divine word and praising and praying to His holiness instills in us the necessity to stay totally tuned in and focused on Him.

For without Him we have nothing. All the fame and fortune and love we acquire is meaningless if we do not have Jesus first and foremost in our lives.

With Him we can achieve, we can overcome, we can be set free, we will have that security we so desperately crave.

"With God all things are possible" - Matthew 19:26a

"Only faith can sleep without a care, for sleep is a reminder of paradise; faith has its security in God alone. Faith does not believe in itself, ... but solely, completely in God -- whether there are storms or not." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer