John 10:10

"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill,and to destroy. I have come that they may have life,and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10:10

Many people have security systems for their houses, or alarms for their cars. They know they have something of value. And they also know that there are thieves loose in the world who are likely to want the valuable possessions they have. While this is true for material possessions, so many men do not have a security system for their emotional and spiritual lives. Part of the reason is that they don't know they are valuable to God. And another part of the reason is that they don't know that a thief is loose in the world who wants to steal, destroy, and kill everything of value that they possess.

You can put bars on the windows of your house...You can put an alarm system on your car that will cause sirens to sound and lights to flash on and off... You can put video cameras and silent alarms in your store... You can put padlocks on your bicycle or on trucks filled with things you hold to be valuable... You can put your most prized possessions in sealed vaults with highly sophisticated security systems...But are you putting something in and on and around yourself to guard your precious emotional and spiritual life from the ravages of the thief who wants to steal from you your very life? Amen and Amen.