Everyone has their security in something. When you are young it is in your parents. Then as you grow it is in your friends, school, then job, wife/husband, finances, house, etc... These securities are earthly and are not reliable. Your parents and friends can hurt you, turn their back on you and you are left with insecurity issues and character faults. School and job may not turn out the way you want them to go, the mark you were expecting isn't up to speed and the secure job you had is now non existent. Wife/husband may not always be there for you and your marriage might be falling apart. The finances that you thought were secure all of a sudden takes a dive and the thousands of dollars that were there just moments before is gone. The mortgage on your house is due and there are no funds to pay for it. These securities are earthly and can be here today and gone tomorrow. There is nothing on this earth that will not, one day, pass away. The only true security is in the promise of God through Jesus Christ, an inheritance in heaven.
1 Timothy 6:17
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Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
Putting our hope in the promise of God is the only thing that will never pass away. No one can take this from you, not ever. Not even Satan can snatch you from the Creator's hands.
Matthew 6:19-21
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“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."
So when the stock markets crash and the world seems to be falling apart right before our very eyes, you will have a security that will never be shaken. The promise of eternal life in a place where there is no evil and never a reason to worry again. Praise God!
Romans 8:38-39 NIV
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Blessings,
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