Deeperoots

Security is something everyone longs for, and few view as something they would be happy without. But the truth is, we are not called to be secure. We are called to be insecure with everything in this world and open to the security that only Christ can provide us with. Do we ever think that our own security in ourselves and our surroundings is depriving us of the Love of God? I don’t think we do, and I certainly don’t think that very often, if at all. We are all too preoccupied with making ourselves secure and approved by everyone else that we miss the fact that our sole security should come from our God. It’s just something we don’t think about.

Imagine yourself not having any money, or a place to sleep, not knowing where your next meal is coming from, and alone. Would you feel secure? Of course not. That is because our sense of security comes from our ability to survive, thrive, and be approved by others. Why doesn’t our sense of security come from God? In the old testament God told His people this: “Do not fear, O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel. I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.” -Jeremiah 46:27 And we are told in the new testament: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

So why do we still find our security in earthly things? Have we forgotten that Jesus has saved us and we don’t have to be afraid of what we will eat, what we will wear and where we will live? God is calling out to us, and He is telling us that he will save us. He wants so much to be our security, and He Loves us in a way that we can’t even fathom. By rejecting Him and finding security in our own things we are telling Him that we don’t need His Love, and thus depriving ourselves of it.

My challenge is very difficult, and it’s probably not one you haven’t heard before, but I challenge you to get out of your comfort zone for the Lord. I mean really get out and find your security only in Him, because he can bless us with so much more than we can even ask or imagine. We shouldn’t be afraid of what people will do if we talk about God in school, or wherever else we are. Go out and live like you mean it, finding your security not in everything you have and how many people like you, but only by God’s everlasting grace.

“The church of Jesus Christ is a place of promise and possibility, of adventure and discovery, a community of love on the move, strangers and exiles in a foreign land en route to the heavenly Jerusalem. But the security seekers are the enemies of openness. Their insistence on preserving the status quo thwarts innovation and spontaneity and discourages the exploration of new roads into the mind of Christ Jesus; wanting to keep things the way they are automatically introduces a new insecurity with more cautions, threats, and nervous tension” -Brennan Manning

Our longing for security on our own doesn’t make us secure, it makes us insecure, because the only true security comes from God. So what does that leave us with? Without God we are left alone and scared, with nothing but our false preconceptions of security to comfort us. So get out of your own false comfort zones and let the only true source of security be your portion and your strength.