Where Your Security Lies

“The plans of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,
but the Lord weighs the motives.
Commit your works to the Lord
and your plans will be established.
The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,
even the wicked for the day of evil.” Proverbs 16:1-4

The older we grow, the more security-conscious we become. The prospects of putting kids through college and providing for retirement, savings, and investments take on disproportionate significance. In reality, however, our sense of well-bing is never assured. Economic collapse, sickness, political or environmental fluctuations, or any number of unknown factors could seriously jeopardize our best-laid plans. That is possible at any stage of life. That is the disquieting point of Proverbs 27:1: “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.”

Our only genuine security lies in our relationship with Jesus Christ. That is universally applicable because God is sovereign which simple means that God is in control. He “guides and governs all events; circumstances, and free acts of angels and men and directs everything to its appointed goal for His own glory” (J.I. Packer, The New Bible Dictionary).
               
Your security lies in His power to work everything for your good and His glory. That is also eternally relevant because God is immutable. That means God is always the same and operates on unchanging principles.

“For I, the Lord, do not change...” Malachi 3:6