DWELLING IN THE SECRET PLACE: Prayer Note # 34

        

Dutch Sheets- “Consistency is also a key when it comes to prayer for protection. We must ‘dwell’ in the secret place to ‘abide’ under the Almighty’s protective shadow: (Google image, Man praying).

     “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty"  
       Ps. 91:1, (KJV). 

   Jesus equated the ‘secret’ place to the prayer closet in Matthew 6:6. The word ‘dwell’ in Psalm 91:1 is yashab which means ‘to remain or abide; to dwell in or inhabit.’ The point is that it must be a lifestyle, not a once in awhile activity. Many believer’s prayer lives are too sporadic to build solid walls of protection.

       
   I heard a visiting minister in Eaton, Ohio share this testimony of God’s protection in World War II. He served on a ship and every day he and a few other sailors would have a prayer time, seeking God for protection for themselves and the ship. What were they doing? Building boundaries (paga) of protection.

    ‘In one battle,’ he related, ‘an enemy plane dropped a bomb onto the deck of our ship. Instead of exploding, however, to everyone’s astonishment the bomb bounced off the deck and into the water, just like a rubber ball would!’ This minister went on to say that in battle after battle they and the ship were miraculously spared.

    Boundaries of protection! No trespassing! Life in the secret place!”

          “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 my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.’ Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.”  
Ps. 91:1-6, (NKJV)

Today's prayer Note-  # 34 DWELLING IN THE SECRET PLACE 


Taken from Dutch Sheets’ book, 
Intercessory Prayer 
(pgs. 81-82)  (4/26/12)

Refer to my post on 8/23/11 “What is Meant by the “Secret Place” of Prayer? by Oswald Chambers

And 8/28/11 "What is the Good of Prayer? by Oswald Chambers

Next Prayer Note May 1^st – WELL-TIMED TIMES OF PRAYER

Tomorrow’s post: THE LEGEND OF THE CIRCLE MAKER 
by Mark Batterson