The Rotten Apple - Security

 As I ponder whether or not to act my age and give up vigorous activities, I somehow think that if I just stop doing these things, then I will be safe from all that COULD happen to me.  It's an apple in the Garden of Eden.  It is a tempting thought to kick back risk nothing and wait to die on time. 

But the apple is rotten.  Safety in this world doesn't exist.  It is an illusion. You can lock all the doors in your life, set your alarms, and still have a tragedy befall you.  And I think making yourself safe and depending on our conservative, noncommittal, and cautious approach is a departure from an abiding faith. Our Hope, our safety, is in Jesus Christ only.  "All other ground is sinking sand," the song goes.  We cannot find security in the natural and secular world.  We find security only in the arms of Jesus.  

And yes, we can lose everything in a disaster and yes, we can get hurt or even killed out there trying in the world.  The Bible does say, "In the world, ye shall have tribulation."  But it also goes on to say, "But fear not, for I  have overcome the world."  We are children of the resurrection.  "Fear not," and go on and live the life God has set out for you, putting the outcome and your hope in the arms of Jesus.

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