Dwelling In The Secret Place

Scripture:

Psalms:91:1: He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms:91:2: I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

Psalms:91:3: Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

Psalms:91:4: He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

Psalms:91:5: Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

Psalms:91:6: Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

Psalms:91:7: A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

Psalms:91:8: Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

Psalms:91:9: Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

Psalms:91:10: There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Psalms:91:11: For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

Psalms:91:12: They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Psalms:91:13: Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Psalms:91:14: Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Psalms:91:15: He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

Psalms:91:16: With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Introduction:

In These days and Times We often see all The Terrorism and sin In the world and wonder where is a safe place for us to go to escape all this evil. I mean, There has to be a place without all the suffering and pain right? Today we are going to learn of the only safe place.

Sermon:

In seminary my Pastor told me once to learn Psalms 91. and when I get revelation tell him what God showed me.

The Word Revelation means to Reveal. Only Jesus can reveal the word to us. I fasted and prayed for revelation. I studied and studied this psalm. Finely Jesus broke this psalm down to me verse by verse, Amen? A secret place to Dwell. In Hebrew Secret is pronounced saw-thar'

a primitive root; to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively:--be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.

Knowing that God is the same Yesterday, today, and forever there has to be a some safe place for us believers to dwell. Certainly there are some modern day stories of God’s miracles in deliverance of his people. Take this true story for example:

Psalms:91:7: A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

John Paton was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands. One night hostile natives surrounded the mission station, intent on burning out the Patons and killing them. Paton and his wife prayed during that terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When daylight came they were amazed to see their attackers leave. A year later, the chief of the tribe was converted to Christ. Remembering what had happened, Paton asked the chief what had kept him from burning down the house and killing them. The chief replied in surprise, "Who were all those men with you there?" Paton knew no men were present--but the chief said he was afraid to attack because he had seen hundreds of big men in shining garments with drawn swords circling the mission station.

If we are to see miracles and sign like this, we must be in that Secret Place in God, but if we are to get into that place and remain there, we must learn some things about that Place.

What is this place called the Secret Place in God?

How can I dwell in this Secret Place?

What can keep me from or cause me to leave this place in God?

What kind of relationship with God does the Secret Place offer?

1)What is this place called the Secret Place?

There is a place in God where a child of God can dwell that most of Christianity doesn’t know even exists or is unwilling to pay the price to dwell there.

Just as the High Priest of the Old Testament could enter into the Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle and be covered by the shekinah glory of God’s presence upon the Mercy Seat, so can we enter into a place where we are so covered by the glory of God that the world and all its evil cannot reach us to tempt us or cause us to sin.