Security in An Increasingly Insecure World

UV3239/10000 Security in an Insecure World

“And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; They will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, For I am with you always to save you and protect you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15 v 20

Religion and identity politics are the number one threat to national security and international peace in this post modern world. Soon after the Christchurch brutal massacre, I had warned my kith and kin in Australia and New Zealand that reprisal attacks on churches would happen soon in different countries across the world. The serial suicide bomb attacks on Sri Lankan churches and hotels killing more than 350 people and wounding more than 500 people, most of whom were inside churches during Easter services is one of the most brutal attacks on innocent people in history. Against the backdrop of terrorism stalking innocent lives world-wide in the name of religion and race, the uni-verse promises that the Lord will make us a fortified wall of bronze, that they will fight against us, but they will not prevail over us for the Lord God is with us always to save and protect us. The carnage may leave us wondering how the Lord allowed this massacre to take place. Here we should recall that satan is described by Jesus as a killer, thief and robber. He plants the idea of revenge and massacre in the minds of the most unlikely persons, in the Sri Lankan case even a very affluent business family. The word tells us that the death of His saints is precious in His eyes, implying that the Lord would welcome them into the eternal realms and reward them duly for their faith that caused them to be martyrs along with all who have been slain for their faith beginning with Abel.



It is apparent that we are living in dangerous times. We need to believe and claim the complete 360 degree protection of the Lord. We need to be covered with the two wings of protection of prayer accompanied by the Word. The Lord promises that those opposed to us or those who hate us without cause will not prevail over us. We should not give in to hate and violence by consciously or unconsciously subscribing to the ideology of hatred. I myself being a survivor of the world’s first recorded human bomb assassination of a national leader can testify to the truth of the uni-verse of how He was a fortified bronze wall around me as a flail of steel pellets hit the people around apart from the lethal shock wave and direct impact of the powerful blast. When one survives such a traumatic and terrible experience, he understands the need and the possibility of hiding always in the shadow or presence of the Lord.


When we exercise our faith in the many promises and assurances of protection, preservation and deliverance of the Lord contained in His word, we are building the wall of bronze around. Bronze is an alloy of different metals. Likewise, we tap the power of prophylactic prayer or preventive and protective prayer in different high risk situations by alloying or mixing our faith with prayer and the word of God. The Lord is faithful to His promises. We need to hold it consistently and firmly as we would a bronze shield to protect us from the assaults of the enemy of our souls. Only our physical bodies can be killed and therefore, even if we are allowed to be killed, the Lord has decreed ultimate and complete victory for His children. Even though we are traversing the valley of the shadow of death, the Lord is with us. That being said, we also need to be careful and take physical measures for security. A mere awareness of the threat or risk often wards off such evil for the enemy likes surprise and once we are aware, spiritually armed and physically careful, he stays away.