Security

 We tend to base our security on the experience of our personal relationship with others.  If we have grown up with attentive loving parents, we likely learned to trust others and have a good sense of healthy boundaries.  If we were raised in dysfunctional families, we tend to be wary of others because we experienced or witnessed violations of personal boundaries in our homes.  As children some of us also had to deal with unmet needs.  Now, as responsible adults, we need to assess and recognize those people we can truly trust. 

 
When we admitted that we were powerless over our dependency and our dysfunctional lifestyle, we looked for a secure place where we could be restored to sanity.  Some of us chose for a place where there were God inspired people all around. These people became our friends.  Their desire for us is to turn our will and our life over to the God they know can be trusted.  Some of these friends may also share their experience, strength, and hope with us of how they learned to trust God and discovered the security they found in being part of His family.  The person writing the above Psalm discovered that when he chose to trust God, he was actually God’s choice.  He is amazed that being in relationship with God makes him a child of God, and an heir of all God’s promises.

Today, let’s consider if we have found our security in the God who loves and cares for us or are we still shopping for an alternate god. Without the living God in our lives, nothing in life will really make sense. 

Prayer:  Loving God, I confess that at times I still seek my security in people and things.  Help me to choose You alone, first and only for You alone are the author of life.  Amen

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