Security

~this devotion is a bit long as I combined 2 of them but for me so encouraging so I wanted to share them with you....blessings on your day~Susan

We are living in times of great uncertainty. The Bible makes it clear that there is only one thing that cannot be shaken; it is the Kingdom of God. Everything about His Kingdom is solid, unmovable, unshakeable, incorruptible, and undefiled. The wise person is one who is building his life on the person of Jesus Christ, on the truth of His words, and on the reality of His Kingdom.

In the uncertain times in which we are living, God wants us to live as people of faith and not people of “sight”. We are to be people who live amidst fear, yet have peace; people who live amidst sorrow, yet have joy; people who live amidst trouble, yet have comfort; people who live amidst uncertainties, yet have hope.

People of faith in God are not people who have found a way to avoid uncertainties or escape trouble. They are people who have learned to live in this world, but not be of it; to face difficulties and overcome them; to face hardships and walk through them. God is their security. Their trust is in God’s character, their confidence is in God’s ways, their hope is in God’s promises, their joy is in God’s presence, their strength is in God’s power, their stability is in God’s kingdom.

In an uncertain world, God is the God of certainties. The certainties of God provide the anchor for every believer’s soul. They pave the path for the pilgrim on his journey home; they are the covering for the soldier as he goes into battle; they are the blueprints that the carpenter uses to build his house; they are the track shoes that the sprinter uses as he runs for the finish line; they are the seeds that the gardener sows into the good soil of his heart as he awaits the final harvest.

We can be confident and secure in God’s hands.
1. You are the Lord’s.
It is no accident that you are alive today. He has made no mistakes concerning you. He has given you all the light you need to know His will, and He has given you all the grace you need to do His will. He knows everything about you—your ups and downs, your highs and lows. He knows your thoughts, He knows your heart, and He is acquainted with all your ways. He has laid His hand of blessing upon you, and has placed His covering over you. He knows you by name and calls you His own. No one knows you better or loves you more. Today, you are in God’s place, in God’s time, to fulfill God’s plan, in God’s way, by God’s grace, for God’s glory.

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. Psalm 139:15-18 [KJV]

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:15-16 [KJV]


Here is a second reason why we can be secure in uncertain times.
2. God is on His Throne.
God has not made the earth and then abandoned it. He has not retreated somewhere in the universe and gone into hiding. He is today where He has always been, on His throne. God sees all things, knows all things, and is all-powerful. God is all in all. He is above all. Nothing is above Him or equal to Him. There is no king or ruler that has more authority than God; there is no political figure that has more influence than God; there is no nation that has more control than God. No one can outthink Him, or outsmart Him. He is God Almighty. He has all authority in heaven and earth. His enemies are under His feet. He reigns and rules. He is the majesty on High.

Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Psalm 45:6 [KJV]

God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Psalm 47:8 [KJV]

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2 [KJV]

~from meet me in the meadow