Insurance

Do not fear, for I am with you (Isaiah 41:10).

Unless you have a lot of money at your disposal, medical insurance is a must. Sooner or later, everyone has a major health problem—a stay in the hospital, a battery of expensive tests, or long-term medical treatment. Such events are extremely expensive; having insurance makes sure that you can get the quality care you need, and takes care that you don’t go bankrupt paying for it.

Insurance gives you peace of mind. Think of the single mother with two young children, working several part-time jobs just to put a roof over their heads and food on their plates. Without insurance, every case of high fever is a cause for concern; without insurance, do you seek medical help that you can’t afford, or do you risk serious complications from waiting to see if things will get better on their own? No parent should face such a choice.

As important as medical insurance is, there is another kind of policy that we need even more—we need spiritual insurance. We all have major problems that afflict the soul. Some are wounded by divorce or betrayal at the hands of someone they trusted deeply—bitterness becomes a chronic problem and they lose the ability to place trust in relationships. Others struggle with problems like prejudice or extreme shyness—they live with the constant pain of rejection and emotional isolation. And there is always guilt—guilt over harsh words that cannot be taken back, guilt over wasted time and golden opportunities that were allowed to slip away unused.

We need spiritual insurance. We need to know that our mistakes can be forgiven. We need to know that when we die, God won’t send us to hell for the terrible things we’ve said and done. We need to know that tough situations aren’t hopeless, that unhappy outcomes are not inevitable. We need a policy that gives us inner peace.

God offers such a policy. It is signed by Jesus in the blood dripping from His cross, where He suffered and died to make right everything you have made wrong. And unlike medical insurance, the policy offered by Christ is completely free—the Lord Himself has paid your premium in full. When you are signed up as a member of God’s eternal plan, you can have the kind of peace that no other insurance policy comes close to offering.