Where Is Your Foundation of Protection

I believe that we are looking for protection in all the wrong places. We look to others to protect us. We are seeking help from those around us.

“¹⁵Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement, when the overwhelming whip passes through it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter’;” – Isaiah 28:15 (ESV)

We continuously look for safety in the wrong places. Being so eager to find help, we find ourselves listening to the “lies” and “falsehood” that comes from the world. I know that it is the nature of humans to speak what others want to hear. In doing so, there are things said, that seem to be a truth, because we want them to be true.

“¹⁶therefore thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am the one who has laid as a foundation in Zion, a stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation: “Whoever believes will not be in haste.” ¹⁷And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.’” – Isaiah 28:16-17 (ESV)

There is greater to place our faith. On the foundation that God builds. We should be looking to the proven foundation of protection. God protected and delivered the Israelites, Job, and David. Why would He not deliver me?

When you are looking for protection, where is it that you are looking? Are you leaning on the truth of God, or is it the lies of the world? Where is the foundation of your protection?