When you were growing up did you ever have a treehouse, clubhouse or some other secret hideaway? A place where you and friends could get together and make battle plans, camp out, or just share the secrets that best friends share. Also, a place where you could go to be by yourself. Whether it was to escape from the hustle and bustle of things or just to sit and think. It was a place where you felt hidden, protected and even empowered. Empowered in the sense of being able to see more than from ground level. In play, be it hide and seek or army you would have an edge over the enemy. You could see him coming way off in the distance.
Our relationship with God can be likened unto a treehouse. A secret hideaway. Psalms 91:1-2 says “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and fortress; My God, in Him will I trust.” In Matthew 6:6, Jesus said “that when we pray we should go to our Father who is in the secret place.” We have a secret hideaway in God. A place where we can go and hide. Yes, hide. A place of retreat and rest. A place where we can unload our cares, deepest hurts and most burdensome sins. A place where our honesty is welcome and the expression of our thoughts isn’t trivialized. In the secret place our secrets are safe.
In this hideaway, we can feel the Father’s comfort and hear His voice. It is there we get our direction and learn how to be truly led by His Spirit. It is there away from the busyness of life that we gain a different perspective. In this quiet and secret place we see things from a different level. We see ourselves from a different level. Everything takes on a different perspective from this place.
It’s the place where God is and where He’s been waiting on us. The more time we spend there the more we become like Him. Our words, attitudes and how we perceive others begins changing. The work the Father does in us in secret is manifested openly. Our changed life becomes evident to all. We begin to walk in a level of protection that only comes from the God. We no longer need to depend upon our self protection and self defenses. He is our refuge and our fortress. I want to encourage you to daily find that secret hideaway in God.
