Scripture Reading:

Jeremiah 33:6; Psalm 122:7; Proverbs 25:26; Psalm 40:2; 1 John 1:9

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You can answer the following:

1. What are the Scriptures telling you about security?

2. Do you feel secured in God? How do pursue that sense of security?

3. What is your prayer to God regarding security?

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Got It On Lock | Lemuel Ayudtud

God holds us. He is a keeper. He is a way maker. We can trust and know that throughout the ebbs and flows of life God will always be there.

“Security” as defined by Miriam Webster has several meanings. The ones that stands out is “freedoms from …” and one that states that it is “something given or a pledged to make certain an obligation.”

Is it strange to you that when we read the Scriptures we have this sense that God seem to be obligated to us? I know, I know, I’ve been writing about the sovereignty of God and his right and might to do anything He wants, yet there’s an undercurrent that God wants and seemingly feels “the need” to keep us secured. Do you read that or is it just me?

Yes, the mighty, all powerful, all knowing, all sufficient God obligates Himself to our well being and an incredible outcome. No, He doesn’t take away all the negative experiences of life, but through it He guides and steers our lives to keep us from total destruction and hopeless failure. That in spite of the downs of life, He secures us.

I get this sense though that the type of security that God provides is not “freedom from” but rather “freedom to”. Sure, the climax of God’s security is freedom from eternal death and damnation, flip that though and we find that He is using everything in life to free us from the bondages of sin so that we can be who He’s destined us to be. So we’re not free from hurt, but that hurt teaches us how to forgive or how to be patient or how not be driven by anger. God uses what He allows to free us from the weights these experiences and feelings put on us so that we can be free to worship Him, to love others, to smile when things don’t go our way, even to heal quickly without residue of carnality and selfishness.

But the biggest thing about God and security is that in Christ Jesus, God has met the obligation of the payment for our sins. In Christ the judgment of God that was to come our direction was redirected. Jesus bore the brunt of the wrath of God against sin. He became the provision. He became our security. We can be assured or be confident in our place in God.

We don’t have to worry if God hears us. We don’t have to be concerned that God is for us. We don’t have to fret that God will turn His back or leave us. We can be secured that He will never do such a thing. We can be content. We can be care free. He is our provision, our Helper, He our Source of supply. Even if we stumble and struggle with our faith, He is faithful because He can’t deny Himself. That’s right! The God that does the impossible has a “can’t” in Him—He cannot go against His own nature to be faithful to us. Hallelujah. That’s SECURITY! He’s got that on lock!

For the past 10 years or so our church has scheduled a family camp out. Every year about a dozen or so of us head out to the border of Philadelphia and New York to pitch our tents in the open. Of course, if you’ve ever been outside in the woods, it gets really dark when the sun goes down. In that campsite, there are very few lights, if any, that lines to pathways they’ve created, so when you walk to the bathroom or anywhere it can be fairly concerning. To alleviate that sense of certain, unforeseen danger even death that lurks in the darkness behind the trees, you need a companion to walk with you.

Walking in the darkness doesn’t seem as scary when you know that someone is with you. They don’t lighten the darkness, they don’t change the length of the path; but their companionship brings you a sense of security. That’s how God is to us. He may not change what’s going on around us, but He is our Companion in the darkness and the walk. And unlike out campsite companion who’d probably also run if something comes out of the darkness and attacks, God will be our shield. He will never run from anything. Point blank. Periodt.

Father, thank you for Your security. Thank You for Your safe keeping and cover. Help me to rest in the safety of Your arms. Lord, teach me that You are consistent and constant. Help me to lean on Your peace. Let my heart be settled in the fact that no matter what may happen, I am secure in You. I pray this in Your Name Jesus, amen.