THE FALSE SECURITY OF MAN.

There is this quest of the human person to institute procedures of security that guarantees his/her well being against the future and the unknown of the man existence. Security in this sense does not necessarily mean having a police guard or vigilante to ward off unscrupulous agents. It extends to economic buoyance stability in office, drive for the uppermost position and reorganization popularity in the community. The efforts at this quest for “man’s security” are done with every professional dexterity.
What crosses our mind is the story of the “Rich man who have harvested and stored in his ban as a security for the future” of Luke 12:15-21 his struggles and toils are being considered according to scripture as the efforts of a “Fool”. What is wrong and arbitrary in this wise labour of the man? After all, scripture says if you do not work, you should not eat. Cf 2 Thess.3:10. Again the Psalmist state “by the labour of your hand you shall eat”.
The obvious failure of the man is his banking on the security of his wealth as a guarantee of this success and triumph in life. By this way, he removed God from the “scheme of things instead of making him the primordial cause of his success and well-being”.
In the word of the Psalmist (127:1-2) unless the Lord builds the house, in vain does the builder labours, unless he watches over the city, in vain does the watch-man keep vigil.
In this case, we must make God as our priority, reposing our efforts and trust in him, such that our labours are fitted in the edifice that is imperishable, where it becomes a treasure that makes us rich in the sight of God.
In the wisdom literature of Ecclesiastes, he sums up the security of man as fake. He states “Vanity of Vanity. All is vanity” cf Eccle 1:2 the tilling, toils, sufferings and labours of mankind sometimes are turned in futile visions. Think about wonderful Master piece built in the past, and ask yourself the question, why is it that the generation want to pull them down, as they plan for a unique one. Let us consider the laurels of Academic qualification of some of our “Fallen heroes”, they tell us much about the vanity associated in the Psalmist (Ps 89:1) to re-choe our hearts desire. “O Lord you have been our refuge from one generation to the next”. This acclamation of ours goes a long way to illustrate that our attachment to pleasures of this world are illusive. The indulgence in fornication, impurity, greed, evil passions, titles, circumcision, freed-men syndrome etc are only portrayals of our emptiness and the falsity of our security.
St Augustine tells us “that our hearts cannot rest until they rest in God”. This is why we must look out for our maximum security on heavenly thing, pondering and contemplating the eternal values of God.
The security which the children of God must have is to build up themselves into the presence of God. It is also a development to build up faith in the childlike confluence and attitude especially as exhibited by the children.
In sum, the potentials, heritage and natural endowment of life are meant to enhance us, rather than causing divides that does not only separate us, but distance our union our report with our God.
Whatever we do in life, Jesus is there at our side, only turn to him, you will have and receive the maximum security that cannot fail. Man’s security can certainly fail even in the face of need.