August 30, 2010 8:34 AM
Elisabeth Elliot on the lust for security
Author: Elisabeth Elliot
Source: A Lamp For My Feet
Scripture Reference:
The Lust for Security
Once we have set ourselves to be pilgrims and strangers on the earth, which is what Christians are meant to be, it is incongruous for us to continue to insist upon the sort of security the world tries to guarantee. Our security lies not in protecting ourselves from suffering, but in putting ourselves fully into the hands of God. The desire for physical and material security makes us sly and hard. No. We must be like little children. The child in its father's arms is not worried. It lies quietly at rest because it trusts its father.
We disobey sometimes because we say it is impossible to do what God asks. Impossible? Perhaps what we mean is impossible to do that and keep our security, impossible to obey without tremendous cost, or at least tremendous risk. Where, then, will we find safety? Is it likely that we will find it elsewhere than in the arms of the Father?
Teach me to rest in your everlasting arms. Make me know that all other security is illusion.
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Comments
I think I always say this, but this is another favorite. I am a person who desires security (I guess most of us do), but I feel those layers being peeled away. I feel like I could follow my husband wherever God leads us, if he gives or takes away.
Posted by: Crystal | August 31, 2010 1:57 AM
