THE INSECURE VERSUS THE INSURED

Proverbs 28:1have

“The wicked flee when no man pursueth: But the righteous are bold as a lion”

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INTRODUCTION:  I’m thrilled that some of you are continuing to read a chapter of Proverbs every day (as I am).  Today I opened my Bible to Proverbs 28 and asked the Lord to speak to me from this chapter.  I couldn’t get by verse one.  I thought about it, I prayed about it, and I thought about it again.  But I decided to keep the rule and slowly read the entire chapter.  BUT I couldn’t get verse one out of my mind, so I got up and got a cup of coffee and tried to think about some other verse, but that one was stuck there.  Do you know what I mean?

So, I said to myself, all right, then I will meditate on Proverbs 28:1, thinking about what I am supposed to learn, remember, or do. 

 I. THE INSECURE – Prov. 28:1a

“The wicked flee when no man pursueth” (28:1a).

When I was a teenager I was INSECURE about everything.

1) I was insecure about my job.

2) I was insecure about my schooling.

3) I was insecure about my friends.

4) I was insecure about a girl friend  

5) I was insecure about marriage in the future

6) I was insecure about my future in general

7) I was insecure about death.  My best friend died in a car accident.  He was 16 and I was 17.

II.  THE INSURED – Proverbs 28:1b

“But the righteous are bold as a lion” (28:1b).

 The righteous are bold as a lion because they have assurance from the Lord.

I almost died several times that I knew of.  My older brother told me, “Everyone almost dies every time they get on the highway.”  But twice when I was fourteen, I almost drowned in a lake. When my two friends saved me and pulled me out on dry land, I didn’t want them to turn loose of me, even on dry land. 

But when I became a Christian, I received eternal life.  I was eternally changed.  My life style was changed.  I didn’t know that II Corinthians 5:17 was in the Bible until later.  (“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.")

I felt insured!  I felt so secure in the Lord about my future and about EVERYTHING.  My first memory passage was Romans 10:9-10: “⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.  ¹⁰For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation”. No one told me to memorize Romans 10:9-10. I just loved this Scripture.  It spoke to me day and night.

Since then, I have memorized many verses that show me that God has eternally secured me for Himself.  I am so grateful for His Gospel, for His Goodness, and for His Guidance.  Since then, I have never felt insecure.