Security.  Why is it that we have a tendency towards finding the wrong place to hide?  When life hits us hard, the place that “feels” safe may be the worst place to go.  What is it about sinful human nature that can’t get it right when it comes to finding a safe place to land.  It would be like running from a hungry lion right into quicksand!  For example, my chosen retreat is to withdraw into myself.  Suddenly the housework doesn’t get done, I don’t feel like cooking.  It’s like my computer is still on but is in hibernation mode.  Not completely shut d

own, but just enough juice to perform the basics on half the energy.   For one person it may be video games, for another it may be food.  Whatever it is, our nature seems to want to do completely the opposite of what we should be doing. 

 

God tells us to come to Him all who are weary and He will give us rest.   I believe that finding our identity in Christ has a lot to do with trusting that he has our best interest in mind.  Be careful not to give others the power to define who we are.  Only God knows the heart.  If I really understood this I would have made some very different choices in life, taken more risks, or even reached out to more people.  My safe place would look a whole lot different!