"If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s (

We all seek security in many ways: family, financial, professional, physical. Each is important and helps texture the fabric of our lives. But at the end of the day, we know where our ultimate security lies. It rests in God. The apostle Paul knew this through all the triumphs and sufferings of his ministries. He knew his life rested in God, whether he was preaching or teaching, in shipwrecks, being beaten, or languishing as a Roman prisoner. Our lives every day are lived secure in God. In death our belonging to God takes its final form. But living or dying, "we are the Lord’s." This is a security that nothing can shake, forever!