Security

Someone asked me today if I regretted the decision I made last September to leave my job, consult part time, and work towards this crazy dream of becoming a published novelist. I can see why they would question my decision. Economically, times are tough in Northern Indiana. The recession has hit this area of the state very hard. Unemployment and foreclosure rates are high. People have lost their feeling of security. Economists call it “low consumer confidence”.
The truth is that I believe that I am exactly where God wants me to be right now. I am serving him and growing in my relationship with him. I worked and saved for several years and also support myself through my part time consulting business to be able to do this. I am at peace. This sense of security and peace is what Paul talked about:

Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. Philippians 4:11-12 (NLT)

This peace can exist for us no matter our circumstances. The peace of Jesus Christ.