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