We all have illusions about natural security. Security is never absolute. Windows of a home can be broken to gain entry even when all the doors have been locked. A big bay window or a sliding glass door can fall victim to a rock allowing a drugged-up intruder to enter a home and do violence. Bars on doors can be cut. Alarms can be defeated. Locks can be picked. Fault lines will eventually produce devastating earthquakes. The sun, a burning star, will someday be extinguished. Pick your illusion of security. None of them are absolute. They are illusions.
While it is not illogical to prepare for a violation of the perimeter of our life, there is a deeper level of security that must be implemented, or all our other sensible preparations will devolve into an obsessive fear of what could happen.
Paul instructed the Ephesians, “Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day,…
