Spend 20 minutes contemplating your life. \u00a0What are the things in your life that help you feel secure? \u00a0Is it your job? \u00a0Insurance? \u00a0A growing retirement account? \u00a0A gun under the bed?<\/p>\n
After contemplating your sources of security, replace each one in your mind with the often repeated phrase in the scriptures, \u201cDo not fear for I am with you.\u201d \u00a0The \u201cI am,\u201d of course, is God.<\/p>\n
Consider getting rid of one of your security blankets, especially if you find it particularly hard to replace with God\u2019s promise of security. \u00a0What if you reduced your insurance coverage and gave the difference to pay the medical bills of someone without? \u00a0What if you re-evaluated your retirement account and donated some of it to a struggling organization working to meet the needs of the poor? \u00a0Its actions like these that break us free from the illusory security of the \u201cworld\u201d and brink us more deeply into the reality of God\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n
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Spend 20 minutes contemplating your life. \u00a0What are the things in your life that help you feel secure? \u00a0Is it your job? \u00a0Insurance? \u00a0A growing retirement account? \u00a0A gun under the bed? After contemplating your sources of security, replace each one in your mind with the often repeated phrase in the scriptures, \u201cDo not fear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meditation","category-works-of-mercy"],"yoast_head":"\n