FAITH CAPSULE: Know how to become secure under His shadow.
Psalm 91
Fear God constantly and consistently to dwell in His secret place.
Psalm 91:1 records, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.”
Interestingly, anyone who chooses to dwell in the secret place of the Most High?
One who gains a position in the secret place is supposed to become directed and preserved by God.
Know how to become secure under His shadow.
However, the secret place of the Most High is not a physical place
nor is it in a church building.
The word of God identifies where the secret place of the Most High is situated when it states,
“The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.” (Psalm 25:14)
Without any doubt, one having the fear of God is rooted in the word of God.
Among the blessings of dwelling in the secret place of the Most High God is uncommon protection in the face of confronting challenges.
The Jews that went back to rebuild Jerusalem after the captivity experienced adversaries that were attempting to deny them from rebuilding.
All attempts to stop them failed, and they testified, “But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews so that they could not make them cease till a report could go to Darius.”(Ezra 5:5)
The Bible states in Psalm 33:18, “The eye of the LORD is on those that fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy.”
To be under the watchful eye of God that is not visible to the naked eye is to be in His secret place.
Do you fear God indeed and in truth, or do you fear Him just at your mouth?
What does it mean to fear God?
To fear the Lord is to love the Lord.
God wants us to love Him because He is love.
Deuteronomy 30:6 buttresses, “And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.”
To fear the Lord is to love Him.
To love Him is to live for the glory of God.
Those who dwell in the fear of God are in His secret place.
To have a place in the secret place calls for dwelling, not entering and departing regularly.
One cannot fear God today and not fear Him tomorrow.
Fear God continually, expecting to dwell in the secret place of the Most High.
Dwelling in a secret place demands living constantly and consistently in the fear of God.
Without the fear of the Lord, there will be no abiding in the secret place of the Most High.
Prayer for today: Ask God to put His fear in your heart so that you may abide under the shadow of the Most High.