Sacred Secrets

 

    Sacred secrets are quiet or discreet secrets.  God works quietly most of the time.  He is always working, but sometimes it feels like He is not doing anything.  That is why you can't be directed by feelings.  You have to remember His promises and look for the small things to be grateful for.  Sometimes it can take years praying over something before it happens.  You have to learn patience, so  that you do not mess up your blessing by trying to take over God's job.  

    Some quiet secrets are physical.  It could be pregnancy, growing up, healing, or something else.  These are a mystery that bring joy as you hold them close to you.  Here God is in control.  He reveals your future as it is playing out.

    Some sacred secrets are when you hide yourself.  This is where you love properly.  This is where you use self-discipline to keep yourself holy.  An example is waiting to have sex until you get married.  Your body is a sacred secret for your spouse to discover and cherish.

    You get to decide what is going to be secret in your life.  You can tell the world everything about you, but it will never appreciate it.  It is wise to keep some secrets to yourself.  Some secrets revealed to the wrong person or too soon can be dangerous, toxic, and dark.  If you want to live in the light, then turn all your secrets to the Holy Spirit in prayer to help you with what to do with them.  

    Secrets are a part of the maturing process.  Push too hard and you will miss opportunities to do great things.  You may suffer in ways where it takes years to get back to where you were or to heal.  Take the time to allow yourself to grow, so you can crush pride and find meaning to your message.  If you move too soon, then Satan will find your vulnerable spots and attack mercilessly.  Spend time in your secret place of prayer and your timing will be revealed.  

Genesis 31:25-30, Psalm 25:11-15, Proverbs 17:23-24, Matthew 1:18-19, 2:7-8, John 11:27-29, Acts 16:37, & Hebrews 4:14-16

Secret Prayers

 

    What you want in life you need to go to your secret place in prayer.  This is where you deal with your sin or anything else that will hold you back from getting the life that you want with Jesus.  Here is where Jesus will take the shame of your sins away.  

    If you come to God in your secret place, then you can experience life in a way beyond what you could imagine.  He works beyond the natural world making things possible that you never saw for yourself.  He empowers you in the supernatural world.  

    Secrets have a way of manifesting themselves to be revealed.  If you want it to be good, then you need to start praying in your secret place.  If you do, then you will have rooftop moments in life.  Prayer is a conversation between you and God, so don't do all the talking.  Allow the Holy Spirit to provide you with eternal secrets in return.

    When you go to your secret place in prayer it can take you somewhere new.  It will be challenging, but rewarding.  Are you ready?  As your relationship with Jesus grows deeper, your world gets bigger.  Your secret time with God is what lays out your steps.

    

Psalm 25:11-15, 55:12-15, Matthew 2:7-8, 10:26-27, John 15:9-17, Romans 8:26-30, & Revelations12:10-12

Secret Within

 

    Your secret place with God can be a physical place, but it is always found within you.  A place to go to escape the noise of the world is a place where you can pray, read, meditate, fast, and worship God without interruption, but it always starts within you.

    Your soul is the hidden thing within your body.  It was created by God and He gave your vessel life.  When you give your soul back to God, then you inherit a body to hold your soul for eternity with God.  It is the secret of where you home really is.  We live in this world and it can be wonderful.  There are so many blessings all around us, but our home is with Jesus.

    God has offered this eternity to everyone.  It is your choice to accept or reject it.  To ignore your invitation is to reject it.  If you reject God, then you never really get to explore the hidden secrets that can be found within you.  You never get to experience life with the Holy Spirit's wisdom and comfort.  This is not only frightening, but it is in creditably sad.

    Everyone spends way too much time focused on what is happening here and now.  It is easy to loose track of focusing on the eternal, but that is what Christians are called to do.  The truth should impact your life.  If it is not, then you need to ask yourself why.  Your secret place with Jesus should have an impact on how you live your life.

    I heard someone say recently that if you do not have any enemies in this world, then you are not doing Christianity right.  It sounds daunting, but if you really think about it, it is true.  Jesus said that the world will hate you because it hated me first.  

    If you follow Jesus, then you will have enemies for that fact alone.  It is not personal, but God will use it to expose truth.  The world hates the truth.  Don't let it stop you from pursuing God.  There will be battles, but that is why your secret place within your soul is so important.  Evil can't find you there. 

1 Samuel 17:34-37, Psalms 91:1-8, Matthew 13:10-13, Mark 4:21-23, & Acts 17:5-7

Secret Relationship with God

 

    The secret is that your creator wants to have a relationship with you.  He wants to be known by you.  He wants you to know how much he loves you.  His reality is life changing.  It gives light, purpose, and passion to life.  

    When God feels far away, He is actually right there with you.  He is working, but He is allowing you to figure things out for yourself.  He will never take away your free feel.  He wants you to get past feelings moving you to knowing the truth and working with the facts.  He could fix everything, but what is the point of giving you a mind if you don't ever use it?

    The secret truth is that God is the best reward in your life.  He is not distant.  He is right there waiting for you.  What is happening between you and God is the secret relationship.  The gifts that the Holy Spirit and blessings from God are what the world gets to see as a testimony of your relationship.  They don't get to see the private and intimate time that you have invested.

    You can hide yourself in your secret place, but eventually you will have to face life.  Do not leave your secret place without acknowledging that God is with you.  He makes all the difference in your day.  Jesus showed us how to do it.  We don't need miracles to walk with Jesus.  They are nice, but need to serve a public purpose.  Your relationship is personal.  It will never require a miracle to have a real intimate relationship with God. 

    It takes more away from you to hide from God, than it is to be transparent with Him.  He will guard your mind and heart.  He protects your soul.  All He ask in return is love and obedience.  

    Satan wants you to conceal, hide things, and push God out.  That only leads to loneliness, misery, and sin filled life.  The longer you hold onto your sin the further it will take you from God.  It will always cost more than you want to pay.  If you never turn to Jesus, then it will take your right into hell and eternal separation from God.

Psalm 37:1-4, Isaiah 65:1-5, Matthew 6:5-6, John 11:40-44

Secret Place

 

    You find your secret place with God.  Every good secret has something to do with Him.  He is the key to the secrets of your life.  All you have to do is dig a little.  You will find the answers in your Bible.  You are not expected to understand everything, but seek wisdom and closeness to God.  You will find what you need.

    Your secret place is where you spend time digging into the Bible, prayer, meditation, and stillness.  It is the place that enriches your life.  If you started studying the Bible today, what do you think you would get out of it?  What is happening in your life that drives you to spend time with God?  Motivation matters, but not as much as actually seeking God.

    Jesus is the light that gives your space and yourself warmth, direction, and clarity in life.  The only way it will work is if see him clearly.  You do that by reading the Gospels where you can hear his voice.  It is where you will find your hope for eternity.  

    After spending time with God you should be motivated to follow Jesus.  It can bring joy to your life unlike anything else.  It is not an easy journey.  Following Jesus will make life harder in many ways, but the rewards outweigh the difficulties.  It brings rewards in life, not just eternal life.  He puts people that make life better in your path.  

    When you go to your secret place, go to seek guidance from the Holy Spirit.  He will direct your study.  He will whisper holy secrets into your heart.  He will guide your prayers and who to seek out that may need something.  This is where you go when you fast to find what your soul really needs.  

    How you approach your secret place will make the difference in how you experience your journey with Jesus each day.  Living life with Jesus instead of for Jesus makes all the difference in your heart and mind.  Every day is a new day to start fresh.  Start it in your secret place, your sanctuary.  

Psalm 26:1-8, Matthew 6:1-18, 10:26-27, Mark 4:21-23, Luke 8:16-17, 11:33, 12:1-3, John 7:1-11, 18:19-21, Romans 2:12-29, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 14:22-25, & 1 Peter 3:3-6

Secret Rewards

 

    The secret reward of following Jesus is the secret place you find to be alone with him.  This is where your fears and shame turn into something of value as you turn them over to Jesus.  It is where you find joy being in your Bible.  It is where the darkness disappears.  You will find wisdom in your secret place.  

    There are good and bad secrets.  Bad secrets lead to death, but bad secrets strengthen your relationship with God.  Your secret place to pray, spend time with God, and see yourself as He sees you is a good secret.  It brings life into your soul as you discover your partnership with Jesus.  There is a difference between doing things for and doing with Jesus.  Your secret place is where you learn that.

    Satan wants you to not find salvation.  If he fails there, then he will go after your joy.  Your secret place is sacred, so he can't find you there with God.  The closer you get to God, the further Satan gets.  However, the people in your life can get close to you and he may use them to cause problems in your life.

    Here is a secret: you can never hide your secrets from God.  If people are making you suffer, then go to God.  If your actions are making you suffer, then go to God.  Tell Him everything.  He wants to help.  It brings Him delight that you choose to go to Him.  He should be the first choice to go to with your secrets. 

    If you want something in life, then keep it a secret between you and God.  Satan can't read your mind, but you make it easy for him when you talk about ideas, dreams, and desires.  The defeat came from your mouth.  God will keep your secrets, so if they are released that means you are the one who let them loose.

    God chose you.  He made you.  He watched you being formed in your mother's womb.  Secrets are like that.  They can form and become something beautiful in the secret place just like you did in your mother's womb.  The womb was the secret place where everything was good, warm, and you discovered love before you were even born.  The secret reward is simple, but beautifully complex at the same time as it is found in utter seclusion.

Psalm 90:3-9, 139:13-16, Jeremiah 1:4-6, Matthew 6:1-18, Luke 7:47-48

Authentic Intimacy

 

    God is the secret place.  He is the concealer or hiding place from those who would like to cause you harm.  He will keep your secrets and help you succeed in your path following Jesus.  Satan will take your secrets and build a fortress for his benefit.  It may look good in the beginning, but eventually he will strip you of everything leaving you alone in the darkness.  Following Jesus is the path to peace and light where you are never alone and defenseless.

    It is impossible to hide from God.  The more you try the more you will fail and feel terrible deep in your soul.  Do not allow the people in your life to lead you astray.  Instead pray for a mentor that will help you find your way.  As you mature as a Christian start praying over who you can mentor.

    True authentic intimacy with God is the goal.  It is based on salvation, trust, faith, and being honest with yourself.  It matters more than you think.  When you have true intimacy with God, then you can start having true intimacy with other people as long as God is in the center of it.  Intimacy requires you leaning on each other like each one of you climbing one side of a ladder in sync to get to the top or it will fall over.

    Each relationship is different.  The only thing that stays the same is God.  If your relationship with Him changes, then it is because you have changed your position.  That is why it requires you being truthful with yourself.  

    Authentic intimacy can't be forced or rushed.  It takes time.  It will happen with God if you allow it, but only a few people in life.  You can be authentic with everyone, but have intimacy with only a few.  It depends on you when your inner self matches your society self.  If they don't match up, then it leaves room for Satan to enter the picture and mess everything up.

    You can live an honest and authentic life without everyone having access to your entire story.  That is not being contradictory.  That is using wisdom that God gives you.  Confess your sins to God, forgive those who hurt you, and remember once God forgives He forgets.  The Holy Spirit will guide you on who is safe and who to be weary about.  

    Authentic intimacy with God is being able to unload on Him knowing He will not abandon you.  He may get angry, but He is slow to anger.  He is quick to forgive and forget if your repentance is genuine.  Unloading is for your benefit.  It allows you to let go of sin, burdens, and knowledge that is heavy.  It releases you from slavery.  It is all up to you.

Deuteronomy 13:6-11, Psalm 10:7-11, 90:10-12, 141:3-4, Proverbs 10:8-9, 12:14-16, Jeremiah 23:23-24, Hosea 14:1-3, & Amos 5:10-13