Psalm 95:10-11 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Yesterday I said I am secure in my relationship with Jesus Christ. In the beginning of Psalm 95 is some really good praise advice and many people rejoice in those portions of this psalm. These are the last two verses of that psalm and to many it is a stern warning that one can lose their salvation.

To those who worry, I say, you err in your heart.

It all begins with the heart condition. If you have not accepted Jesus Christ into your heart it does not matter how long you followed Him. Nearly all of those came out of Egypt and passed thru the Red Sea never got to enter into the Promised Land. The two men that did were Joshua and Caleb. They were the two spies that came back with a faithful report.

Numbers 14:8-9 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the Lord is with us: fear them not.

So why was it that these people followed God for forty years and died in the wilderness?

Simply put, they were not led by faith, except Joshua and Caleb who did enter in.

John 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

John 17:24a,b Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me:

Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

I love this sequence of verses because of the inherent relationship that is identified. Jesus is asking for God’s glory, not his own. He is asking for us to be included, so that we might see God’s glory in Christ. Lastly there is this protective identity within our relationship with Christ.

A dead man cannot be killed again. If my life is hidden with Christ in God then my security is guaranteed. Each verse plays an integral part in leading me into a place where I am secure in His Kingdom.

John 17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

That Christ might shine in us is important but secondary to the security we have in Christ. If I do not have to fret about security, I am free to be bold in the face of the enemy. Nothing gives a warrior more confidence that an impregnable shield.

Ephesians 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

Notice this shield quenches all the fiery darts, all of them. None shall penetrate to do us harm. Why? Because our lives are hidden with Christ in God. You cannot get more secure than that.