Safe guarding tendencies are cognitive and behavioral strategies that are used to keep away from or relieve oneself from visualized failure.   Adler believed that people created these patterns of behavior to protect their blown up sense of self-esteem against public disgrace ( Feist & Feist, 2006, p. 81).  These defensive devices can take the form of warning signs such as Excuses, Aggression, and Withdrawal.  These warning signs can all be used as excuses for avoiding the everyday jobs of life and shifting responsibility to others. 

Adler states that safe guarding strategies are generally used by people who are self-centered and lack social interest.  They have low self-esteem and protect the little they have with these safe guarding strategies.  They can be conscious or unconscious and work to shield them from outside threats and problems of life.  All human beings are important because we are all God’s creatures and we are created in his image.   Therefore, God does not want us to live with any safe guarding tendencies.

Proverbs 3:5-6 says “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.”

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