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