Everybody has secrets….. Some good, some bad, some hidden, some not so hidden…..GOD even has secret things, that HE reveals, at times, to some, but not to others. GOD is a Revealer of Secrets. Daniel 2:47 (KJV) 47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. We can’t hide from HIM. Jeremiah 23:24 (KJV) 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord. HE sees your secret sins….. Psalm 90:8 (KJV) 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. HE will reveal every secret…. Daniel 2:22 (KJV) 22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. Ecclesiastes 12:14 (KJV) 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
What would you do if HE decided to reveal some secrets about you? Could you handle the outcome? The key is to keep everything “above-board” with GOD….. We all have secret faults, (Psalm 19:12 (KJV) 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. ) so why not keep everything under HIS Blood. That way when HE does reveal things about you (for instance, that mean, spiteful streak you have, that you don’t want any one at church to see), it will be ok…..
Definition of Secrets: not widely known: known by only a few people and intentionally withheld from general knowledge. undercover: working, abiding in or operating without the knowledge of the general public , unadmitted: acting or feeling in a particular way without admitting to it.
Some things about “secrets” and “secret places”:
Some secrets are dangerous, and need to be turned away from: Genesis 49:6 (KJV) 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Proverbs 9:17-18 (KJV) 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
…. for instance, idols….. Deuteronomy 27:15 (KJV) 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Some secrets are drawn out thru questions from people, others, not so much: Judges 13:17-18 (KJV) 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? 18 And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
Some secrets GOD reveals thru obedience,,…. Deuteronomy 29:29 (KJV) 29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
…fellowship with HIM,,…. Proverbs 3:32 (KJV) 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. Job 29:4 (KJV) 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
…. the fear of HIM: Psalm 25:14 (KJV) 14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
…thru night visions: Daniel 2:19 (KJV) 19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
to those who serve HIM: Amos 3:7 (KJV) 7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
All Evil is done in secret: Psalm 10:8 (KJV) 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
Snares are laid for the saints in secret,….. Psalms 17:12 (KJV) 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
….but GOD will deliver: Psalms 25:15 (KJV) 15 Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
HE will hide you when needed,… Psalms 27:5 (KJV) 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. Psalm 91:1 (KJV) 91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
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the strife of tongues, and prideful people….. Psalm 31:20 (KJV) 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
the secret counsel against you from the devil’s crowd,….. Psalms 64:2 (KJV) 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
and HE will expose them for you: Psalm 64:4 (KJV) 4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
GOD himself dwells in secret places: Psalm 18:11 (KJV) 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
HE will answer you in the secret place… Psalm 81:7 (KJV) 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Oh, the riches of that secret place!!! Too many to tell!!! Isaiah 45:3 (KJV) 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Finally…..Do you have a secret place and time that you can talk and fellowship with GOD? Here is where JESUS said to have your secret place:
Matthew 6:6 (KJV) 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Make a point everyday, to get somewhere by yourself, even if it is just for 10 minutes, to read your Bible and commune with GOD in that “secret place”. When you do this, you will see GOD begin to move in your life. Prayers will be answered and blessings will flow from above.
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