~There is a secret place where we can go to spend time with the Lord. In those moments, it is secret and sacred. We live in a fast, busy crazy world, so it is vitally important to make time during the day or night for you and Him alone. I’m not talking about opening your bible and reading a few verses for a quick minute, then taking off to work. There is more to the secret place the Lord talks about in Psalms 91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
He is our dwelling place.
It is a place of intimacy
A place where you give Him your worship
A place to share of your love for Him
A place to pour out your heart with tears when trials come
A place to give Him praise and even sing to Him
A place to sacrifice your time and give your whole heart to Him
As we give, we RECEIVE from HIM…
It is a place of comfort, A place where He pours out His heart of love
A place where He speaks
A place where He gives you strength
A place where He gives joy to replace your sadness
A place where He gives you drink from His river of pleasures
A place where He counsels and instructs you
A place where He hides you
A place of refuge, {safe place}
A place where He delivers you because He delights in you
A place we can run to for He is our strong Tower and we are safe in His secret place.
~When people hurt you in word or deed, He is our hiding place, He shall preserve you from trouble, He surrounds you with songs of deliverance. Ponder that, He sings over you. Psalms32:7
He hides you in the secret place of His presence from plots of man. He keeps you secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Psalms 31:20 For example say there was someone who said something to you that hurt your feelings and they were not aware. It may lay heavy on your heart and when it does that’s when to take time to spend with the Lord secretly and give it to Him and I guarantee you will come away feeling much better, for He will comfort you and build you up. Also, In Ps. 27:5 it says, For, in times of trouble, He shall hide me in His pavilion, in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. V6. And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me. Therefore, I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. He’ll lift you up and you feel refreshed, renewed and revived, then you with joy sing praises to Him.
In the secret intimate times, you spend with the Lord, I have found it best to keep those times secret between you and Him. The reason why I say this, not everyone will understand, plus when the Lord speaks to you in secret it is a word for you only. He has a different plan for all of us so it is better to keep it to yourself and I feel in my heart the Lord would want it to be kept secret as well. It is interesting how He calls it the secret place in the Bible more than once. Think with me for a minute about a husband and wife, they don’t share with others about what they talk about, at least they shouldn’t. But instead they build a close relationship with each other as they spend time together. As a husband/wife team they can both be busy with work and with children etc. but they need to make time for each other. If they don’t take the time, what kind of relationship would they have? It’s the same with the Lord, we are in relationship with Him and it is not about a religion. But it’s all about drawing close to Him, and as we do, He draws close to us. Honestly, to grow spiritually it is important to make time in the secret place for you and Him alone.
The King greatly desires your beauty and because He is your Lord, worship Him. He greatly desires our time with Him in the secret place.
Ps. 16:7, Ps. 18:19, Psalms 27: 5, Ps. 30:11,12, Psalms 45:11, Ps. 46:1,4. Prov.18:10, James 4:8,
At the end of Psalms chapter 91, there is a beautiful powerful word from God in verses 14-16, He says, Because, you have set your love upon Me therefore I will deliver you. I will set you on high, because you know My name. You shall call upon Me and I will answer you. I will be with you in trouble; I will deliver you and honor you. With long life I will satisfy you and show you My salvation. So, let’s enjoy His presence as we dwell with Him in His secret place and reap the many benefits and blessings He gives. God bless you with His peace, joy and love always, Lollita Faith
Author June Hodgins 