False security ( Matthew 6 v 22 - 23 )

So continuing on in the book of Lamentations ,lets consider 1 v 7,'Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction and wanderings, and all the precious things that were hers in days  of old''They had lost everything, all they escaped with, was their lives,nothing else,all the comforts they once enjoyed, gone, all the friends they knew, many of them were gone,the thing they considered most important like the temple was gone.As regards the temple it had become a symbol of security, in Jeremiah 7 v 4, they were reminded that their security was not in bricks and motor, but in God and a godly relationship. In Ezekiel 8 - 10 we have the prophet ,who lived in Babylon at the same time as Jeremiah,being taken to the temple in a vision, and there he witnessed that it had become a place of idolatry,  it had become so bad that the presence of the Lord left the temple,so it became an empty shell,that fostered in the people a false security. Israel had to learn a hard but necessary lesson in their suffering,that putting their faith in that which was false, had dire consequences, and what applies to Israel of old, applies to us now.                                                                                                                                                                     The Lord is my light and my salvation;                                                                                                      Whom shall I fear?                                                                                                                                    The Lord is the stronghold of my life;                                                                                                      of whom shall I be afraid?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ( Psalm 27 v  1 )