All the Insurance We Need

January 2

Auto insurance. Fire insurance. Flood insurance. Health insurance. Do we have all the bases covered? Have we insured ourselves against every possible eventuality? Some even take out ‘marriage insurance,’ in the form of a prenuptial agreement. If the marriage fails, both parties go their own way. No fuss, no muss, no loss of assets.

Yet, what happens if the auto accident or the fire or the flood or the disease results in loss of life? What insurance policy can we obtain in order to prevent against that? The Bible tells us, “It is appointed to a man once to die and after that the judgment,” Hebrews 9:27, so everyone will face that inevitable appointment.

The fact is that there is nothing to do to insure against death. No matter how costly a policy we’ve bought, when the time comes to claim it, someone else will gain the reward of our purchase. When death taps us on the shoulder and ushers us to our ‘reward,’ our reward will not be monetary. But Jesus offers a unique opportunity to insure against eternal loss. He shows us how to be protected against life’s final enemy.

In Matthew 7:24, 25, He says, “Everyone who hears My words and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on a rock. The rain came, the river rose, the wind beat against it, but it stood secure because it was built upon a sturdy foundation.” If our spiritual foundation is secure, if our lives are built upon the Rock that is Jesus Christ, we have all the insurance we need against eternal catastrophe.