Security! How men value it! How they strive to achieve it with bolts and locks and bars, with watch dogs, guns and body guards. Can security be guaranteed by such means?
With all the resources of a great country at his command, surrounded by secret service men whose sole mission in life is to protect him, President Reagan was struck down by an assassin's bullet.
In New York City a well-known musician was shot to death, with his guard right by him.
Pope John Paul was shot and seriously wounded in the presence of 10,000 devoted followers.
In spite of all precautions, every time a public figure steps out of doors "he is at the mercy of any madman with a gun." Is this security?
And not only the great and famous lack security. Every day brings news of sudden death or injury in all walks of life. Where is security to be found? Must all people today live out their lives in fear and trembling, huddled behind locked and barred doors? Is there any security?
YES! There is security—security beyond anything the world can offer or even imagine. The Lord Jesus said, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand." John 10:27, 2827My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:27‑28).
Who are these "sheep"? In verse 9 of the same chapter He says, "I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture."
Any man—or woman—or child—who comes to God through the Lord Jesus, "the Door," and in simple faith accepts His gift of eternal life, becomes one of His sheep, one of His own who shall never perish.
God's Word tells us that "neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38, 3938For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38‑39).
Now that is real security!