Mundane Monday: Security in Insecurity - Denise Pass
Inspirational Thought of the Day:
We could never be more secure than in that moment when we understood our great need for salvation and accepted it. Loved. Sealed for eternity.
Scriptures of the Day:
1 Samuel 25:29 (NLT)
“Even when you are chased by those who seek to kill you, your life is safe in the care of the LORD your God, secure in his treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like stones shot from a sling!”
1 Samuel 2:9 (NET)
“He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.”
David was no stranger to enemies, like the persecuted church today. Far beyond what we normally call enemies today in our sanitized world and vain imaginations, enemies are very real, nonetheless.
In pursuit of God we have the enemy of our souls and our flesh to deter us, let alone people who want to bring us down. But there is an understanding that transcends our circumstances and gives us security when life feels insecure.
Abigail entreated David to consider that despite the evil intent of those around him, he was indeed secure. Not because of alarm systems or body guards, but because the God of this universe had his back. God would take care of those who stood against David in His perfect timing and way. It might have taken 15 years for Saul to be deposed, but the character gained in those years could not be formed otherwise.
Hannah saw this same security from the strength of her living God who granted her deepest desire to have a son. Her security came from an insecure place, and God met her there. Her need for God’s provision and security through family caused her to go deeper with God and to rear a son who would be a mighty prophet for God’s people.
This insecure world invites us to accept the challenge of the difficulties around us and to place them at our Master’s feet.
Maybe you are hated. Maybe people are jealous of you like they were of David. Maybe it is an unbeliever hating you for your faith in Jesus, or maybe it is believers who are caught in a mire of covetousness who slander you to elevate themselves.
Either way, none of this is new underneath the sun. We can expect adversity if we are seeking to do God’s will, but that need not remove our security that we have in Christ.
We could never be more secure than in that moment when we understood our great need for salvation and accepted it. Loved. Sealed for eternity.
All the security we ever need is found Jesus, Who perfectly accepts us and heals our wayward souls. Our eternal security cannot be provided in anyone else.
But the temporal burdens in this world which frighten the human soul long for something more tangible. We want to be free from all fear and terror. How does this eternal security impact the temporal station where we reside?
It is in the recognition of the brevity of life that we see how all we are investing in the here and now impacts all of eternity.
The suffering, the joy, the blessings and burdens all are a part of living. We cannot avoid pain, but we can call on El Elyon – the Eternal God Most High – for grace and strength while we battle through this life to live in a way that pleases Him.
For if our goal is the removal of fear or suffering we have set our bar too low.
To be secure in the security this life offers does not prepare us for eternity.
But to live this insecure life with abandon before our King, fully trusting and seeking to glorify His Name – this is really living a secure life, no matter what life brings.
Lord, You are awesome and Holy, our living Refuge! Help us to live lives that are radically transformed and surrendered to You.
Denise Pass | Author | Singer | Speaker | Worship Leader
