At times we all feel the need of a “getaway” from the responsibilities and pressures of everyday life! Yes, travel and vacations will bring some relief momentarily, but they will not fulfill the needs of our heart. But God has made just such a place for us to go, and it is within us; it is where God’s Spirit and our spirit unite and commune. In Psalm 91, God calls this place “the secret place of the Most High”. It is a spiritual place in our heart, where the Lord offers safety, acceptance, understanding, love, and help to all who enter in. When we continue to choose to go to the Lord in the “secret place”, we will grow in our personal knowledge of His mercy, love and kindness. We will begin to gradually trust and rely on Him more, knowing He will not leave us to struggle alone. Jesus promises if we call upon Him in the secret place, He will answer; be with us in trouble, deliver us from our spiritual enemy, satisfy us, and show us a better, more stable way to keep stepping forward, in this challenging world we live in.
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no foe can withstand]” (Psalm 91:1).