3. The *Secret Place* is where transformation, brokenness and heart-search take place.

 

*Psalm 51:17*

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.” - To experience Godly sorrow that works repentance. This comes when our desire to be cleansed from sin is so consuming that our hearts ache with sorrow and we yearn to feel at peace with our Father in heaven.

 

Fasting with praying is engaged to further open the hearing ears and seeing eyes. 

 

Here, you are more satisfied with His presence more than presenting your list of needs.

 

Gentlemen, don’t be deceived, there are indeed people that have access to the wisdom and the mysteries of God. According to 1 Corinthians 2:7, “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the *hidden wisdom*, which God ordained before the world unto our glory.” These individuals are stewards of the mysteries of God (1 Corinthians 4:1).

 

If wisdom indeed is the principal thing (Proverbs 4:7), I can assure you, it won’t be lying around! 

It is, however, the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings to search out a matter (Proverbs 25:2). *You are only honoured for what you examine and discover!*

 

*Prayer Point*

Father, help me to apply my heart to wisdom regarding spiritual disciplines such as fasting with prayer. Guide me in the use of my time, energy, resources, and in making you my top priority.

 

4. The *Secret Place* is where divine intimacy births God-kind results

 

In the secret place, you spend uninterrupted time where you:

Sense God’s felt presence within you.

Hear His voice speaking to you through His Word; or a soft impression on your heart and mind that will always align with His Word.

Meet with the Trinity.

 

*Luke 6:12*

“Now at this time Jesus went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.”

 

*Matthew 6:6*

“But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, *Who sees in secret*, will reward you in the open.”

 

5. The *Secret Place* is where you grow in grace and knowledge of Saviour Jesus Christ.

 

How will you manage time and schedule if you are a real estate consultant and Warren Buffet agrees to spend time with you and share trade secrets?

 

…a technocrat, and Elon Musk agrees to same?

…a software designer/engineer/coder, and Bill Gates agrees to same?

…social psychology designer, and Mark Zuckerberg agrees to same?

…pastor of a church, and Mark Varughese agrees to same?

…online merchant, and Jeff Bezos agrees to same?

 

*Ephesians 3:2-4*

“If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

How that *by revelation he made known unto me the mystery*; (as I wrote afore in few words,

Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ).”

 

 

*Daniel 11:32b”

“And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.”

 

*The result of dwelling in The Secret Place*

 

*Joshua 23:14-15*

 

And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth and ye known in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; and all come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

Father, help me to love you with all my heart, soul, and might. Let your grace and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of Christ Jesus in me.

[6/4/2023, 05:12:58] Josh MAGH: Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

Psalms 91:1‭-‬16 NIV