LIving With Risks

Finding Security in a Risk-Filled World

TO WALK in a minefield can be deadly. Would it not make a difference, though, if you had a map that showed the locations of the land mines? Additionally, suppose you had been trained to identify the various mines. Clearly, such knowledge would considerably reduce the risk of your being maimed or killed.

The Bible can be compared to that map along with the training on mind identification. The Bible contains wisdom that is unsurpassed when it come to avoiding the perils and handling the problems that arise in life.

Note that this measuring promise found at Proverbs 2:10, 11. "When wisdom enters into your heart and knowledge itself become pleasant to your very soul, thinking ability itself will safeguard you." The wisdom and discernment mentioned here are not of human origin but of divine origin. "As for the one listening to [godly wisdom], he will reside in security and be undisturbed from dread and calamity." (Proverbs 1:33) Let us see how the Bible can enhance our security and help us avoid many problems.

Next time: Avoiding Deadly Accidents

Watchtower, 2001