Security is a Superstition
I came across a quote recently by Helen Keller that I wanted to share and reflect upon.
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. Faith alone defends.”
It would be wonderful if we never faced danger or never had to leave our comfort zones, but daily we are forced by others and by our situations to do things we may have never wanted to do and there are two ways to approach them. We can preserve ourselves and be grudgingly face the world being dragged along kicking and screaming or we can walk boldly with faith knowing that the only security in this world, the only things we can hold onto is our faith in God. We can face the world worried about what is next or face it courageously trusting that God knows what is ahead and has already prepared us for it.
I hope I can be a Christian that steps out boldly like many of the prophets of old to change the world. I hope I never fall into the fallacy that I can’t make a difference, because God made all of us to be his hands and feet. He chose all of us to be children of the king. He chose all of us to go into the world and change. So face the world different today. Face it trusting God and just see what God can do through you!!
