Dwelling in Christ, The LORD our righteousness!
"He
that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty."
-PSALM
91:1
[KJV]
What
is "the secret place of the most High?" It is the same
spot, of which Asaph speaks in the seventy-third Psalm—"Until
I went into the sanctuary of God, then understood I their end."
It is the spot, of which the Lord speaks in Ezekiel—"I will be
to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall
come." Then this "secret place" is the secret bosom of
God. It is an entrance by faith into Jehovah, by a spiritual
manifestation of Him, leading us into a spiritual acquaintance with
Him. "The secret place of the most High" is that solemn
spot, where Jehovah meets with the sinner in Christ, and where He
opens up to him the riches of His mercy, and leads him into His
bosom, so as to read the secrets of his loving heart.
It
is called a "secret" place, as only known to the persons to
whom it is especially communicated. It is called a "secret"
place, because none can get into it,—no, nor desire to get into
it,—except the Lord Himself, with His own mysterious hand, opens up
to them a part in it, sets them down in it, and sweetly blesses them
in it. Then to be in "the secret place of the most High" is
to be brought into something like fellowship and acquaintance with
God,—something like communion, spiritual worship, divine
intercourse; so as to know something of Him experimentally, and "run
into" Him, as "a strong tower," and there feel solemn
safety.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
April
12th, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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