A friend of mine has the most adorable little, three-year-old daughter. I remember when she was about a year old how she used to walk around their house with her favorite blanket. She was so at one with that blanket that sometimes she wouldn't even hold it in her hand but would instead put a corner of the blanket between her teeth and proceed with walking, the blanket dragging alongside her. My friend said, "I'm thinking of a way to add vitamins to the blanket considering how much she keeps it in her mouth."
We never really grow up from our need for security. You may not carry a blanket around with you, but you have some other forms of it. For some, security is found in money. As long as a certain amount is in the bank, they feel like they have a good hold on life. For others, it could be another person and, should that person ever become unavailable, their life would fall apart.
Guess what? It's OK to need to feel secure; it's OK to have security. Just have it in something eternal instead of the temporal things of this world.
II Samuel 22 is David's Song of Praise. In verse 3, David mentions his security blanket..."He is my shield, the strength of my salvation, and my stronghold, my high tower, my savior, the one who saves me from violence." Coming from a mighty king, that's quite a statement! David knew in whom he believed, and he was persuaded the Lord of Hosts could keep and preserve him through anything. Notice that David didn't mention any earthly gain or possessions, of which I'm sure he had much. No, he mentioned the one, true, and living God.
Allstate can say all they want. But you're in good hands with Yahweh. Now that's security.
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