The Risk of a False Sense of Security Lake Merced Church of Christ

When things are going smoothly, it can be easy to get lulled into a false sense of security. That’s exactly what happened to the people of Israel (2 Kings 17) when they continued to worship false gods. Things were going so well for them that they could see no possible bad consequences. But as Josh said, “Nothing is so secure that God cannot destroy it.”

This is similar to the “Too big to fail” concept. They didn’t think that God would tear down all He had given to them, that He would see it through regardless of what they did. They were wrong - and He did tear it down. We have to know that anything we create that is NOT of God - and for God, and to glorify God - will eventually be destroyed.

Our path is to become the kind of people that God intends us to be, but our weak flesh resists it. We need to surrender when we fail God, to give ourselves completely to Jesus so he can lead us back to our loving Father. Therein lies our hope for salvation.

The full quote from Josh is “There is nothing so secure that God cannot destroy it. There is nothing so sinful that God cannot remove it.” Amen!