The Secret Place of God

This posting is an extension of my previous message "Eternal Security" posted on 22nd. Aug. 2005.

Let us study Psalm 91 again. The truth is, the promises listed in this Psalm are for Christians who fulfilled the condition given in the first verse:

"He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty" (Psalm 91:1, NKJV, emphasis added).

"Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty" (Psalm 91:1, NLT, emphasis added).

In other words, only Christians who dwell or live continuously in the secret place of the Lord will find divine rest of total security. The secret place is not meant for someone who just runs to it in time of trouble. The important condition for having complete security is to find the secret place of the Lord and dwell with Him there. A person who dwells with the Lord must maintain a continuous intimate relationship with Him. Hence, such a person must be a true Christian.

This place is called a secret place because it is hidden and we need to find it. We must find the door that leads to the secret place.

I believe it is like seeking the Wisdom of God because as I said in my previous posting it is through wisdom we are able to find total and permanent security. Job gave a discourse on Wisdom of God which relates to finding the secret place.

"That path no bird knows, nor has the falcon's eye seen it. The proud lions have not trodden it. The deep says, 'It is not with me'. it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air. Destruction and Death say, 'We have heard a report about it with our ears.' God understands its way, and He knows its place" (Job 28:7,8,14, 21,22,33, NKJV, emphasis added).

The above passages reveal 3 things to me:

1. The secret place is hidden from animals, birds of the air and all living things. The whole natural creation does not know it. The reason being, the the secret place is not in the natural realm, but in the spiritual realm. The spirit of man quickened by the Spirit of God will enable the Christian to find the secret place.

2. "Destruction and Death" is a person - the Devil. He does not know understand the secret place, let alone finding it; he only heard about it!

3. God alone knows the secret place and only He knows the way to it.

It is obvious form the above that we must first find God before we are able to find the secret place. The door to God is secret; it is covered up from the natural senses and reasoning. This door to God is the cross of Jesus Christ. The way to God is through the cross. The natural man (please read my earlier posting "The Three Types of Man") will not run to the cross. he recoils from it; he does not like it and he does not want it. But, behind the cross is the door to the secret place.

Listen to what Paul said to the Christians in Colosse:

"If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set you mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God" (Col. 3:1,2,3, emphasis added).

Notice that the life of the true Christian is hidden with Christ in God now (in our daily walk in Him) and not in the next world! This explains why we have total security now and not only in the next world.

Paul said, "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me" (Gal. 2:20).

When Jesus died He did not die for Himself, He died for us; He took our guilt; He took our condemnation; He paid our penalty; He died our death. When Jesus died we died. When we die, we pass through death, through the death of Jesus, through the cross into a new realm, a realm that is not in the naturarl world. A realm that natural senses cannot discern; a realm that natural creatures do not perceive. It is a realm in Christ.

Finally, let us take a closer look to the Scripture, "For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God".

The realm in Christ means double protection - in Christ and in God. Nothing in the whole universe can reach and harm the true Christian except that they come through God and through Christ.

That represents total and permanent security.