The Secret Place
You are the Lord's beloved one, and He delights to meet with you in
secret! He loves for you to abide in Him, and allow His Word to
abide in you. Did you know that you can know Truth today? Jesus said, "You shall know
the Truth and the Truth shall make you free." (Jn 8:32) He is
Truth! His Word is Truth. He also said that "when He, the Spirit
of Truth has come, He will guide you into all Truth; He will not speak on His
own initiative but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will show you what
is to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine, and disclose it
to you." (Jn 16:13) The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth. Jesus
said, "I am the Light of the World, He who walks in Me shall not walk in
darkness but have the Light of Life." (Jn 8:12) As we spend time with the Father,
Jesus and the Holy Spirit in secret, we will learn to discern deception and
understand God's Truth. He will open the eyes of our natural and spiritual
understanding. He will replace darkness with light, confusion with
clarity, ignorance with understanding. Fear will be engulfed by faith in
the Living Promises of God and the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit, our
Teacher, Helper and Comforter. He is the Spirit of Truth. Honor Him and
you will be amazed, for in His light you will see light. There are many
voices clamoring for your attention every day. When you spend time with the
Lord, at His table, in secret, you will be able to hear His voice above the
rest. Thank you precious Holy Spirit.
The Secret Place
As we follow Jesus' earthly example of meeting with the Father in
secret prayer, the Holy Spirit is our intimate Teacher Helper.
Aren't you glad that Jesus came to this world, born as a man, lived
a sinless life completely yielded to the Holy Spirit and the will of the Father
and demonstrated to us the love and kingdom of God? Lord
thank You that You paid for our sin by Your substitutionary death on the
cross, redeemed us from death and hell by Your precious blood, rose from the
dead to guarantee us eternal life, and have brought us back
into relationship with the Father!
Our Jesus has made us alive in Him, and He has brought us
out of darkness into His marvelous light! He has reconciled us back to a place
of God's sons and daughters! We have been redeemed from the curse! We have
access to His presence, no longer separated! We have the assurance of eternal
life with Him! Then, having finished all, before He left this earth to go
back to the Father, He gave us instructions to love our God, love others,
be One and preach this Good News to all the Earth. He promised that when He
left He would send Another, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, to be with us
and live in us forever. And He did! Thank you Lord! This was the end
game of the Father. He wanted a dwelling place not made with human hands but
our very hearts and lives. So Jesus went back to heaven and the Holy Spirit
came to this earth to live in us and through us, and prepare us to be His
glorious Church, His Bride. Christ, through the Holy Spirit, is living in
you and me. Jesus is the Head and we are His Body.
Jesus spoke much of the Holy Spirit and He said that the Holy Spirit will fill you,teach you, guide you,reveal truth to you, comfort you,empower you, transform
you and
demonstrate the Word of God in and through your life. He will give you power over sin and power to be a witness to
fulfill the Great Commission given by Jesus. The Holy Spirit teaches us how to pray. He illuminates God's Word. He helps us live a holy life,
pleasing to God.
He causes us to
succeed, as we rely on Him through our weakness. He will cause His fruit to be demonstrated in our life. You will know Him in the
Secret Place, and He will show you how to abide in Him, be familiar with His
voice and live every day for His glory.
The Secret Place
In the secret place Jesus speaks of in
Matthew 6:6, we will begin to know the Holy Spirit intimately and He will teach
us all we must know about this life of faith we are called to.
These days we are living in require great faith, great courage, great humility
and reliance upon the Holy Spirit. We are called to live a champion life,
with eternal fruit, for the glory of our King. In the Secret Place, our
Champion Jesus will show us how. This morning I'm thinking of the heroes
of the faith listed in Hebrews 11 who received the power to do the impossible,
keeping their eyes fixed on eternity. These have set a course for us to follow.
By
faith they overthrew
kingdoms; ruled with justice;
received what God had promised them; shut
mouths of lions; quenched
the flames of fire; escaped
death by the edge of the sword; became
strong in battle; and
put whole armies to flight. This is our job
description today!They placed their hope in a better life after the
resurrection, many were tortured, some never reached what they were believing
for.
All these earned a good reputation because of their faith. Their faith
pleased God. They ran well and have left a legacy for us to follow into
eternity. This kind of faith can only be cultivated in the Secret Place.
Their example urges us to strip off every weight now that slows us down,
and run with endurance the race set before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, our
Champion who is the Initiator and Perfecter of our faith. Don't allow
weariness or distractions or fear or discouragement or lies to hinder you
today, get to that secret place of prayer and His Word and He will meet you and
ignite your faith to continue running well for His glory!
The Secret Place
As we make time to meet with the Lord in prayer and in His Word
each day, He promises to instruct us in His will, guide us on His path and
direct our steps. The Holy Spirit will meet with us in that secret place
with the Father and Jesus! In Psalm 16, David speaks of setting the Lord
continually before him, taking refuge in the Lord. "You will make
known to me the path of life.
In Your presence is fullness of Joy....... The secret
of the Lord is for those who worship Him He will make then know His covenant."
In the Secret Place we will discover God's will. "He
will instruct us and teach us in the way we should go. He will counsel us
with His eye upon us." Jesus spent much time alone
with the Father, receiving from Him all that which was necessary for the day.
When He told the disciples to pray, "Give us this day our daily
bread," He was telling them that each day would require a fresh supply
from the Father, of grace, wisdom, strength and direction. He will
strengthen us and give us all we need for the day. He is our All in
All. He is the Light of the world and in Him is no darkness.
The Secret Place
As we come into our "secret place" with the Lord, we can
be sure that He is near to all who call upon Him, who call upon Him in
Truth. As we draw near to Him, He draws near to us. The Lord is drawing
the hearts of His people to pray with a new fervor and commitment, and learn to
pray well. He
invites us to pray to Him in secret and promises manifested rewards. We
will discover Him as our Refuge and Strength, a very present Help in time of
need. We will know Him as we pray. Psalm 9:9-10 says that "those who know
you will put their trust in You. For you oh Lord have not forsaken those who
seek You." As we seek Him in the secret place we will find Him.
As we
yield to His Word, we will be transformed. We may come into the secret
place weighed down by sin, but we can receive forgiveness, cleansing and
freedom! In the Secret Place an amazing exchange occurs....... Our
weakness, swallowed by His strength. Our anxiety and fear exchanged for
His joy. Don't be anxious about anything, pray about everything, with much
thanksgiving!. As we renew our minds to the truth of His Word, our perspective
becomes clear instead of foggy. In His presence is fullness of joy. As we
wait upon Him, He is our All in All, the All Sufficient One who loves us with
an everlasting love. In the secret place the Holy Spirit is our personal
Teacher in prayer.
Prayer is the pipeline that brings God's will to this
earth and in the secret place He will teach us to pray His very will into
existence All the angels are on alert waiting for the prayers of the saints so
that the Father can give them their assignments to fulfill His purposes.
. You can be sure He is attentive to your cry, He hears when you call.
M66 Matthew 6:6.
The Secret Place
"O my Strength, I will
watch for you,
for you O God are my fortress.
My God in His steadfast love
will meet me;
God will let me look in triumph
on my enemies." Ps 59:10
When David wrote this, he was
on the run for his life, hiding in caves, trusting no one. Saul had sent
skilled assassins to kill him. But, instead of being overwhelmed by the
circumstance, David turns His heart to His covenant God. He cries out Oh
My Strength, I will watch for YOU! He is not focusing on the enemy, or His
fears, but watching for His faithful God, His Fortress! Probably mentally and
physically weary, I love His unwavering resolve. Let this be our prayer
today! Our Lord, Who is Strength, wants us to abide in Him and
allow His Word to abide in us. He lives in us, He is with us! Today, in
the secret place of prayer, the Lord Himself is our Strength. Call upon Him in
secret, for He is our fortress of safety, our Refuge, our very present Help in
time of need. Then David declares with complete certainty, "My God,
in His steadfast love, WILL MEET ME". Why such certainty? Because
David remembers God's faithfulness in meeting him every day up to
that day. Today let's remember the faithfulness of our Lord, who loves us,
never leaves us and dwells inside us. He will meet us and He will triumph over
our enemies by the power of His Word!
The Secret Place
"In the day I
called, You answered, and strengthened me with strength in my soul."
Psalm 138:8 In the secret place of prayer are springs of
refreshing, strength and victory.
One of the first things the Lord taught His disciples about the Kingdom is that God is not only our King but He is our Father. We know that we are to learn to live in continual abiding prayer relationship with the Lord, and how wonderful that is! And Jesus emphasizes that we must have a secret place, a special time of meeting with the Father if we are to live the life of the branch abiding in the vine.. In that private place, shut out from people, shut out from the clamor and business of our life, shut in with the Father, Jesus will teach us how to pray. That spot may be anywhere, it may change from day to day, but find a consistent place for quiet time in the Master's presence.
Jesus said to pray this
way...."Our FATHER, Who is in Heaven..." He also said, "But
you, when you pray, go into your room and close the door, and pray to your
Father Who is in secret. And the Father, who sees in secret, will reward you
openly." Matthew
6:6. He
mentions the Father four times in these few verses regarding prayer. In
the secret place is where we begin to know our Father intimately. Our amazing
Father of love, who is in secret, wants to meet with us! He sees us, He will
reveal His love, His attributes, His nature to those who will seek Him.
He will teach us to TRUST HIM with childlike faith and expectation. He
will strengthen us.
The secret place is our school of
prayer and Jesus is our Teacher. He that comes to God must believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him."Ask, and
you shall receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will
be opened to you." Matthew 7:7
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