FINDING A BALANCE BETWEEN SECURITY AND OPENNESS IN OUR HOMES!--By Dad
DO 2826 10/92

         1. When we send out some kind of a warning about security, the Family often takes it too far and they go to the extreme. We just cannot always be secure; we have to do certain things by faith, especially in the case of witnessing to important people and good friends. We have to learn to trust some people and trust the Lord; otherwise we'll not make any friends, because sooner or later they want to get closer to you, to at least have your phone number and perhaps come visit you and fellowship. (Mama: And the sample is what wins a lot of people in the first place. Sometimes they're not even won at all if you don't give them the sample.)
         2. You don't want to be so afraid of wildfire that you don't have any fire, so afraid of enemies that you don't have any friends. So our Homes need to be a little more flexible on the matter of security and friends and who they should give their phone number or address to and who they shouldn't. They've got to have a little more discernment! They might not have any enemies by being so security-minded, but they also aren't going to have any friends. (Mama: Evidently this is the key to why, although we've been stressing to them to win kings and supporters for several years now, they haven't been able to do so!) They can't do it if they're going to be so secure they're even afraid of having friends. (Mama: I guess we just have to trust the Lord and really pray desperately for the Lord's guidance.)
         3. They need to read the Book of Acts and see when to hold back from making any moves and when to go ahead by faith, just trusting the Lord that He will work everything out, no matter how dangerous the situation. (Mama: They risked a lot of things in the Book of Acts to preach the Gospel.) They certainly did, and of course they got persecution. But of course if you don't do any witnessing, you won't have any persecution. You won't have any income either. (Mama: They're not going to be very strong Christians and the Lord will probably have to let them go through persecution to strengthen them. Our people are now so scared of having their children taken away or putting their children in jeopardy that they've virtually stopped everything risky. They think, "We've got to save our children at all costs, period.")
         4. "Nothing ventured, nothing gained," is the old saying, and that's certainly true. If you're so afraid of everything, you won't have anything! (Mama: Do you think it's more important to try to save our children than to witness?) The best way in the world to save your children is to witness, because if you hide and run you can't witness, and if you don't witness the Lord can't do great things for you, nor can He raise up friends and supporters who love you and appreciate you for the true spiritual riches you have given them. They need to read the Book of Acts again. "And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ!" (Acts 5:42). Praise the Lord!



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