Psst. Psssssstt. Pssssstttt. I’ve got something to share with you. Now before you start singing: “Secrets, secrets are no fun…” Hear me out.👂
The Lord our God is the Chief Secret Keeper, as revealed in Scripture:
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. (Psalm 25:14 KJV)
The secret things belong to the LORD our God. The revealed things belong to us and to our children forever: to keep all the words of this covenant. (Deuteronomy 29:29 CEB)
Unlike some childhood experiences (and adult ones, too!), He doesn’t leave us out. 🔒He wants to reveal His secrets to us because we are in covenant with Him.
Psalm 91:1 says:
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].
Isn’t that beautiful? 😍 We are a part of His “in” crowd. We get to be a part of the Creator of the Universe’s inner circle! A much better circle than all the others, I think.
We get the secrets of the Secret Place.
Wait, but how do we really get in??
By abiding in Him.
By spending time in close proximity with Him.
By becoming His friend.
Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend…(Exodus 33:11 ESV)
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. (John 15:15 ESV)
Aaghhh. 🤯 I can hardly stand it. Friendship with God, what?! Oh such a privilege and high honor!! 🥰
Friendship with God gives us direct access to the Secret Place. Wow! Thank You, Jesus!🙌
Prayer: “Abba, can you teach me how to be Your friend?
~mnm
