May 23
The Secret Place!
As the hymn writers have expressed
it: “there is a land beyond the river, that we call the sweet
forever, and we only reach that shore by faith's decree...”
“There is a land that is fairer
than day, and by faith we can see it afar. Where the Father waits
over the way, to prepare us a dwelling place there...”
“There is a garden where Jesus
is waiting, there is a place that is wondrously fair. For it glows
with the light of his presence, tis the beautiful garden of
prayer...”.
Faith is the vehicle which
transports us and causes us to transcend the earthly realm of our
material, natural existence in which we find ourselves with all the
stress, and trouble, and woes of this life, to our vacation spot
where no stress and trouble and woes can pursue us. A place which is
known only to God and us: a secret place of quiet rest, where in the
presence of God, there can be no evil, no sickness, no falsehood, no
hypocrisy. In that secret place we can enjoy a quiet restful,
mini-vacation, as it were, each day even as we go about our daily
activites. If we will retire to our quiet place with God all during
the course of the day, our joys will increase, our health will
improve, stress will be less, and we will find ourselves more
effective in all that we do. As we commune with God the Father, and
he directs our paths, only far away will we hear the noise of strife
falling upon our ears. We will hear only, but none of these things
can move us because we will be dwelling in “Beulah Land”
“Be thou my strong habitation
whereunto I may continually resort; thou hast given commandment to
save me, for thou art my rock and my fortress.” Psalm 71: 3.
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