Security Sown

A sense of security is huge in a world so restless and unsure.  There are countless counterfeit sources of security that vie for our trust: money, houses, military might, people, substances, the list goes on.  In reality though, any source of security that is not found in the Lord is faulty and will inevitably fall short of providing true security.  In order to overcome deficient sources of security, we need to overcome defective understandings of security.

Security, the state of being secure, is measured in two basic ways.  First is the measurement of provision, meaning that security is based on either the ability to garner provision or in the capacity to store provision.  This is one of the reasons wealth and prosperity can give people a sense of false security.  The security of wealth is false because wealth is fickle and timely.  Wealth has a shelf life that extinguishes at death.

God, on the other hand, is the ultimate provider.  He provides amply and sufficiently for our corporeal needs (6:19-34).  We have no need to want or be anxious for our security is measured in the infinite nature of God.  He provides not only for our bodily needs but our spiritual needs as well.  This means the Lord that provides provides eternal provisions that see their fruition after the breaking of this mortal coil.  This is good news.

The second measurement of security is in its protection from fear.  To feel secure is, in essence, to feel no need to be afraid.  Again, it can be seen why military forces are referred to by this measurement of security.  The irony is that the beginning of wisdom is the fear of God, the supreme source of security.  Thus our security comes from acknowledging the Lord for who He is.  Nothing and no one is more powerful than the omnipotent Holy Lord.  Therefore, nothing should ever cause believers to fear because of the sheer power of true security's source.

Lastly, nothing can separate us from the Lord once we are His (Rom. 8:38-39).  And He cares for and secures those that remain in Him (Deut. 33:12; Jer. 29:11).  Because of this, believers should have no reason to fear no matter the circumstances (Psa. 16:5-8, 23:1-4; Heb. 13:6).  Therefore, let us make sure our security in the Lord and in this way be made truly secure.  God desires to be our sole source of security.  We should then press into the Lord to be our security!