A top priority of any good parent is to establish security in a child. “You are loved; you are safe; you will always have what you need; you do not need to be afraid.” Parents don’t want their children to be anxious or worried but to know they are in good hands.
As children of the perfect Father, we can simply read His Word and see similar feelings. God reveals such truths to us to erase all insecurity and to give us every reason to be totally confident in Him. He wants us to believe Him when He says:
- “I love you.”
“I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:17-19) - “I am with you.”
“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20)
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38-39) - “There is nothing impossible for Me.”
“For nothing is impossible for God.” (Luke 1:37)
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to the power that is at work within us, to Him be honor and glory, in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!” (Ephesians 3:20-21) - “You do not need to be afraid.”
“Peace I leave you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” (John 14:27)
“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:32)
“God has said, ‘Never will I leave you or forsake you.’ So we say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my Helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?’” (Hebrews 13:5-6)
There is no better place of security than in the hands of our Heavenly Father.
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are!” I John 3:1