Feeling Secure Now Being Secure Forever - Position - Where Are You Going?

If you are tempted to feel that climbing the social ladder is the way to security, ask yourself:  'Who on the ladder is actually at the point of real security?  How much higher must I climb to attain it?' A successful career may give you a false sense of security, leading to disappointment or worse, a disastrous fall.

Actual experiences show that a good name with God affords much more security than a name with man.  Only Jehovah can grant humans the gift of life eternal.  That involves writing our name, not in some social directory, but in God's book of life. -Exodus 32:32; Revelation 3:5.

When you put wishful thinking aside, how do you appraise your present situation, and what can you honestly expect from the future?  No one has everything.  As one wise Christian put it, "I had to learn that life is never this AND that but this OR that."  (on the next blog read about "Told in Benin."  

Now answer these questions:  What is an important destination or goal, in my life?  What is the most direct route to get there? Could it be that I am on a long, insecure detour and that what I really want and what is realistically possible can be attained by a less complicated route?

After giving counsel on the relative value of material things compared  with the value of spiritual things, Jesus said to keep the eye "simple," or "in focus."  (Matthew 6:22)   He made clear that the main things in life are spiritual values and goals that center on God's name and on his Kingdom. (Matthew 6:9, 10) Other things are less important or, as it were, out of focus.

Many cameras today focus automatically on things both far and near. Are you inclined to be like that?  is almost everything that you view "in focus" -that is, important, desirable and, with some wishful thinking, attainable?  If this is even partially so, the important object for Christians, the Kingdom can easily be lost in a clutter of other images, each vying for your attention.   Jesus' strong admonition was:  "Keep on, then, seeking first the kingdom and his righteousness, and all these other things will be added to you." -Matthew 6:33. 

Next time:Feeling Secure Now Being Secure Forever -"Told In Benin"

The Watcht0wer, 2002