There are some places that ought to be safe. I mean safe as in you feel welcome, at peace
and calm. That would include where you
can let your guard down because you know you won’t be attacked physically or
emotionally. These kind of places are
important.
The first is our homes, and maybe you realize as I do that it
is very easy to let our homes become a battleground rather than a safe
zone. This happens when we let our guard
down, when we stop doing what God called us to do, when we start thinking about
ourselves rather than helping others.
For our homes to be safe we have to realize we are on the same team and
win when we are together. Husbands and
wives. Parents and kids. Family.
We are challenged to make our homes safe places.
Another place that ought to be a safe zone is our churches,
and if you are like me, you’ve seen lots of church that look more like war than
peace. Again, when we think that our
agenda is the only agenda or only right way, war breaks out. Often people can’t control their lives away
from church, and they try to control what they can. Thus the battle begins over the color of the
walls or the carpet, over the music or the version of the Bible, and many more
things. We have to make sure our
churches are safe zones so that more and more people will meet the one who
really makes us safe.
The last place of safety that I want to let you hear about,
that I needed to hear about, is around us.
When our lives are in turmoil, we tend to be war or battle mode. There is a lack of peace and the presence of
stress. There is a lack of faith and the
presence of fear. When people are around
us that follow God, they ought to feel safe and loved. The responsibility is on us. Seeking God.
Letting His peace hold us. We have
to chose the safe zone rather than the battleground.
Proverbs 3:5 NASB
Trust in the
Lord with all your heart And do not lean
on your own understanding.
2 Timothy 1:7 NLT
For God has
not given us a spirit of fear
and timidity, but of power,
love, and self-discipline.
Philippians 4:6 NLT
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what
you need, and thank him for all he has done.
So be on your
guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be clearheaded.
John 14:27 NLT
I am leaving
you with a gift—peace of mind
and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world
cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
I needed to hear that.
I need to act on that. Our
families, our friends and those who need what we have need lots of safe zones
where the name of Jesus and faith in God is being lived out by those who are
trusting God.
Don’t let anyone rob your peace and turn your safe zones in
to battlegrounds.
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