Everyone wants to feel safe and secure, but do you know that God will always keep you safe and secure? From Ephesians chapter 1 verse 13 and 14, “When you believed in Christ, He identified you as His own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom He promised long ago. The Spirit is God's guarantee that He will give us the inheritance He promised and that He has purchased us to be His own people.”

Often in our journey as men and women, we get a little lost. Those crazy moments when you're sure it was supposed to be left, left, then right, yet we find ourselves at a dead end. We also get lost in ourselves. We lose our sense of identity. We are so busy driving around, working, shopping, and investing in friendships. Along the way, we forget that we have a greater identity. Before we are man or woman, a friend or an employee, before we belong to the system, the rat race, or the coaching team, we belong to God.

We might feel lost, but we are not lost. He has placed inside of us a gift of security. His Holy Spirit has found His way into our heart and has taken up permanent residence. His job is to transform us, to equip us, and unleash us, and to also just to remind us. The Apostle Paul tells us that the Spirit is God's guarantee that He will give us the inheritance He promised. In simple terms, the Spirit is the down payment that secures us into the contract. We might lose our way and our sense of who we are along the way, but we cannot lose our place among the purchased people of God. We belong to Him. Even in your difficult times, God has you in His hand, and He will always work to keep you safe and secure.

So I'm going to finish out for a prayer. God, let your Spirit speak into my spirit today. Remind me of your place in my heart. Awaken my soul to your Holy Spirit and call me back to Jesus again. Father, I know you'll keep me safe and you'll guide my way. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.