What Religion Will Never Affirm

Security is a big deal! Whether you are locking a door, setting an alarm, buckling a seatbelt, or entering a passcode on your phone, one thing is for sure: we are wired to know that we are safe and secure. This is also true in our relationship with God. Sadly, religion creates an insecurity in us with its demands on our performance as the source of our security. It is a frustrating cycle of defeat to hope that our performance is good enough to make God okay with us. Hear this good news: God wants you to know that you are secure, and He knows what it takes to actually make you secure. It’s not about what you do, but what He has done. I Peter 1:5 says you are kept by His power and Hebrews 7:24-25 tells us that because Jesus lives forever, He is able to save us completely. This means that security is not based on the ups and downs of your doing but on the forever-finished fact of His doing. You are eternally secure, and that cannot change, or it wasn’t eternal in the first place! What religion will never affirm, God has confirmed: you are secure! When you know this, your relationship with God will be more about the wonder of how good He is to you, not wondering if you are good enough for Him. You are safe in His goodness and love!

Psalm 34:8 Taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!

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