| “ Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup” |
| —Psalm 16:5 |
In these days of strife, where we receive daily threats from people who want to utterly destroy us, it is easy to become fearful and to desire greater national and personal security. These attacks come from foreign ideologies and sadly, they also come from ideologies within our own nation, state, community, and even our own churches. Instead of finding ways to become one, forces of evil seek to drive us apart from one another.
A polling organization, Rasmussen Reports, indicates that 26% of Americans think we do not spend enough money on security. But, spending more money does not necessarily bring us genuine security. For believers in the life-transforming power of God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, our security rests in God’s hands. As the Psalmist wrote in Psalm 16:5-8:
Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Our true security rests firmly with God, who loves us with His inexhaustible love, and who holds us safely in the hollow of His mighty hand. He is the One who guards us, even as He guides through the hours of each day. Let us put all worry aside and move forward into each new day surrounded with God’s mercy, love, and grace. We must keep our minds and hearts centered on the One who is the provider of our genuine security.
Originally posted on Monday, February 9, 2015
