the Secret Place

 

 Thought for Today - January 12, 2023
The Secret Place
By: Robert A.Searles

      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.....” - author:  unknown

“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.....” -  author:  Sanford F. Bennett

“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, its  the beautiful garden of prayer.....” - author:  Eleanor Allen Schroll

     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 secret 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 activities.  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 strive 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 where unto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me. For thou art my rock and my fortress.” Psalm 71: 3 

"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the almighty.  I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in him will I trust.  Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust, his truth shall be thy shield and buckler  Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.  A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.  Only with thine eyes shall thou behold and see the reward of the wicked,  Because thou has made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most high thy habitation, there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.  For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.  They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot aginst a stone.  Thou shall tread upon the lion  and adder, the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.  Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.  He shall call  upon me and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.  With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation." Psalm 91

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