When people look at me, they must think I'm living the American Dream. I have a steady job, a new care, 2.5 kids, and a house in the suburbs (kind of). I have it made, and I am safe and secure.
But am I...?
I live near a volcano. Global warming is causing drought conditions where I live and flooding elsewhere. There is a surge in gang-related crime in the city, fatal car accidents every week on the highway. the health care system and the economy are on the verge of collapse.
Are any of us really secure?
In this world, we spend all our time and resources trying to provide for our own security, but we are only keeping up an illusion. Our only real hope is in Jesus Christ.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
I want that to be the focus of my life. Knowing my treasure is eternal life with Jesus Christ is my security.
But am I...?
I live near a volcano. Global warming is causing drought conditions where I live and flooding elsewhere. There is a surge in gang-related crime in the city, fatal car accidents every week on the highway. the health care system and the economy are on the verge of collapse.
Are any of us really secure?
In this world, we spend all our time and resources trying to provide for our own security, but we are only keeping up an illusion. Our only real hope is in Jesus Christ.
Psalm 91:1
"Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty."
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty."
That is where I want my security to lie.
In Matthew 6:19 - 21, Jesus tells us:
I want that to be the focus of my life. Knowing my treasure is eternal life with Jesus Christ is my security.
