Stay With The Group

There is safety in numbers.  I went to college at Wayne State University in downtown Detroit.  I always felt that the campus was safe.  I can't say in the years that I was there that I ever personally felt in jeopardy, but still, a little common sense never hurts.  When we were in classes after dark, it was common place to agree on a place where we were all going to park, so that we could all walk back to our cars together.  As one of the guys I can admit that we would act like we were going along with it for the women in class, but I for one felt better in a group.  There is safety in numbers.

The idea that there is safety in numbers is a fundamental idea.  We learn at an early age to stay with the group.  We tell children to hold hands when crossing the street and not to wander off.  But there is more to this idea than being in a group of strangers.  Animals group up on instinct.  The form flocks and herds, but I think that we as humans need more.  We are not only looking for physical safety but emotional security as well.

Now and then we walk through dark days.  In times of trouble we need not only the safety of a group but the security found in someone who is truly close.  Such is the relationship that we have in our relationship with God.  In the 23rd Psalm it talks about our walking through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.  We have valleys that we walk through and God is with us every step of the way.

Watch this video from Pastor Lloyd.

Throughout the Bible are stories of God being with those who are alone and suffering.  He was with Daniel in the lion's den, with Joseph and Peter in prison and with Stephen while he was being stoned.  And He will be with us as we walk through our valleys as well.