It’s Friday…Who Can Protect Us?

We live in an unsettling world, don’t we? There is no such thing as security here. Thieves break in, accidents happen, illness strikes, terror assaults, and death is a reality – no one is immune. No human institution can guarantee our safety 100% of the time. The locks on our doors, the airbags in our cars, the medicine on our shelves – they may help us, but they do not come with promises. We all walk on shaky ground.

“Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” (John 14:27)

On the night He was betrayed, Jesus reminds His disciples of this certain truth. Even He, the Son of God, will experience uncompromising danger in a fallen world. But He leaves them with a promise: Peace. They may breathe a sigh of relief. There is a sure foundation for security, not in this place, but in The One who transcends it. We need never be troubled if we rest secure in Him.

Some of the world’s strongest faith-filled followers of Jesus became so in battlefields, torture chambers, cross fires, and crime-ridden neighborhoods – the places on this planet where conflict rages and death can come in an instant. One of the many paradoxes of the gospel is that those who have no security in this world can be the most secure of all. That’s because they have found it elsewhere – in the promises of The One who overcomes the world. The King whose Kingdom is never shaken has assured them that they need not let their hearts be troubled. They are beaming examples of peace in the presence of God.

We easily fill ourselves with false securities, don’t we? We surround ourselves with safety measures, especially protecting our physical lives. But the world is fraught with hazards, not just physical, but also spiritual and emotional. Who Can Protect Us? Real security can only be found in Christ – all other ground is sinking sand. Yet, it does not matter what threatens us if we know He is with us. He, and no one else, has promised us peace. And His promises are absolutely certain.

Have a peace-filled weekend. Make it better by worshiping The LORD with those who are very aware that they walk in a fallen world yet walk in peace because they know they don’t walk alone.

All For Jesus – Nothing More, Nothing Less, Nothing Else.

“He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, The King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see, to Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.” (1 Timothy 6:15b-16)