Monday, August 26, 2013

Living Undercover





The Secret Place

By William M. Self, Sr.




Are you living undercover of a secret

Or, undercover in the secret place of the Most High 

Who do you trust?

Psalm 91

 

Living Undercover

All of us live undercover.

Hiding is something we are all very good at.

We can go all the way back to Adam and Eve.

They had a secret… Something to hide.

There is an illustration that has been used over the years…

If you looked at your life as a house and said to God,
 You can go into any room of my life you want except
 what is behind “That door”.  Which door do you think
 God would want to go through?”“That door”

We may have good excuses, even little white lies,
 we may think God will understand.

The story may even sound good as
 long as you leave out a little detail.

When we have secret places, areas of our
 lives we cover up from God…

We hinder God from being Lord of our lives.


Those are the dark areas, the shadows
 where God cannot protect us.

In Psalms 91, it says…

 “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High.”

The word “Secret” means a cover.

 God made provision for Adam and Eve.

The shame and guilt they tried to hide from God,
God covered when they came to Him.

The Psalmist goes on to say…

“I will say of the Lord,
"He is my refuge and my fortress”.

Let me give you a definition of Lord

“He to whom a person or thing belongs,
 in which has the power of deciding”

Does every part of your life “belong to the Lord”?

Does the “power of deciding” reflect
the Lord’s will in everything?

The secret place of the Most High
cannot cover your secrets.

 The Psalmist goes on to say…

 

 “I will say of the Lord,
"He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust."”

Find refuge in the Lord, trust God.

Let His light expose your secret shadows
“abide under the shadow of the Almighty”.

 

Scripture Reading

Psalm 91:1-6 NKJV

91 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust."

3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

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