Security in Christ

Where’s your security?

The city of Laodicea was one of the wealthiest cities in the Roman world, known for banking, textiles, and medicine. In fact, after a devastating earthquake, the city rebuilt itself without financial assistance from Rome. It had become fiercely self-sufficient. That prosperity shaped its spiritual life.

In Revelation 3:17, Jesus said to the church, “You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.” Their greatest problem wasn’t wealth; it was misplaced confidence. Money had convinced them they no longer needed God.

The same problem exists today. Financial success can subtly move our trust from the Lord to our income, investments, retirement accounts, or possessions. We may still profess faith, yet quietly depend on our own resources rather than God’s provision.

In the book of Colossians, the Apostle Paul instructed believers in Laodicea to remain firmly rooted in Christ and not be taken captive by worldly thinking. That’s the antidote to financial self-sufficiency. Wealth is a gift to be used wisely, held loosely, and shared generously. We’re managers, not owners, of what He entrusts to us. Biblical stewards recognize that everything belongs to the Lord. Our security must never be put in money, but in the One who generously provides it.

Now I invite you, yes, you, to join us in Knoxville, Tennessee, this September 10th through the 12th  to celebrate all that God has done through Crown over the last 50 years. Register today at crown.org/50years.