“The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale. One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Proverbs 18:10-11, 24

Lord Jesus, I am tempted to put up walls in my heart and life just to stay safe. I bury things in my heart so that people don’t really know me. I live in fear that people might learn these things about me. I live in fear that people would stay away from me if they really knew me. I also set up safeguards in other parts of my life too, walls to keep me safe. I trust my saving, my security system, in short, I trust all sorts of things in my life to keep me safe. But those walls crumble and fall. And in the end, I am still scared even when the walls are standing tall. Help me, dear Savior, to run to you in every fear. Help me, dear Savior, to find my true and complete security and safety in you alone. Surround me with friends who will lead me to trust in you and to run to you in every trouble. You alone keep me safe in time and for all eternity. Amen.

I have true security in Christ. He is the true friend who sticks closer than a brother (v. 24). With him I am not fearful, with him I am confident and will face life with courage and confidence.