Holy Ghost Residence - The Secret Place
You as God’s child are the resting place, the abiding place, the Holy Ghost residence of the Most High God. He has taken up residence. He is not just a renter. He is a home owner. He is in us and we are in Him. Our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit. He dwells in us. We are His people. He is our God. He desires to be the One Who takes care of us. He is a wonderful caretaker.
We also are to dwell or abide in Him. Let’s look at Psalm 91:1.
We dwell in the secret place of the Most High and abide under the shadow of the Most High God. We live in God. Our lives are immersed in His life. His Life is flowing through us. His Love is flowing through us. His Light is flowing through us. He doesn’t stop that flow. We are the ones who can stop it. I am learning that I must consistently stay focused on what God’s Word says about me, regardless of what I feel or whether it appears to be working in my life. The Word is not true because it works in my life. The Word is true, period, end of paragraph! I must have this mindset: God’s Word is true for me and it will work for me. He is no respecter of persons.
What is this secret place of the Most High God? It is His covering, His protection, our shelter from the enemy, and our place of His abiding Presence. It is His Word. It is His Presence. It is God’s place. I’m living there. Psalm 31:20: God hides us in the secret place of His Presence. He hides us. He keeps us secretly in His pavilion, covering, shelter, defense and hedges us in, shuts us up and protects us from the evil one. In this secret place we are inaccessible to the enemy. It is forbidden access to him.
I am fixed in this secret place. In this place in God (which everyone has who is born again, whether they know it or whether they act on that knowledge) we are stable; we are unalterably settled; we are set; we are firm; we are steadfast; and we are established. Established in what? Him and His Word and faith in Him performing His Word in our lives personally.
I am fixed under the shadow of the Almighty. What does this mean? I thought there was no shadow with God. This is our English translation’s way of saying “covering.” God’s glory is this covering. It is a canopy of divine love and protection. It is God. We know that His glory is His Love (Power) expressed or manifested on earth. He allows us to see His glory. His glory is His Presence. When our spiritual eyes are open here on earth, we can perceive God’s presence and power expressed in our personal lives, as well as in corporate gatherings. When we get to heaven, we will have the spiritual ability to see Him and His glory all the time. The only reason we cannot see it here on this earth all the time is that we don’t walk in the spirit all the time. Flesh has to be dealt with continually. The flesh cannot see God nor perceive Him.
The Holy Spirit is here to help us stay in the spirit and still live a normal life here with his “super” on our “natural.” I love living supernaturally in this natural world. It is so much fun. It is a carefree life. We are God’s responsibility. We do what He tells us to do. He performs His Word on our behalf and for those to whom He sends us. It is an effortless life of sweatless victory. What produces that kind of life? Trust and confidence in God’s ability and capability of taking care of us.
If you are like me (maybe you are not) it is difficult to have the patience to wait on someone else to do something when you think you have the ability to do it so much faster. I believe that many times we have this mindset about God. We have this concept that it takes forever to receive from Him. It is all this work and pressure and stress and strain. He didn’t put those thoughts in your head. It is satan, because he knows that once you and I know that God does things much better than we can ever do them (and God will do them for us), he has “had it.” He won’t be able to harass us anymore.
We dwell, remain stable and fixed in the secret place of the Most High and are established, unalterably settled under God’s glory which is a canopy, a defense of divine love and protection of the Almighty God Whose power no foe can withstand.
We also are to dwell or abide in Him. Let’s look at Psalm 91:1.
We dwell in the secret place of the Most High and abide under the shadow of the Most High God. We live in God. Our lives are immersed in His life. His Life is flowing through us. His Love is flowing through us. His Light is flowing through us. He doesn’t stop that flow. We are the ones who can stop it. I am learning that I must consistently stay focused on what God’s Word says about me, regardless of what I feel or whether it appears to be working in my life. The Word is not true because it works in my life. The Word is true, period, end of paragraph! I must have this mindset: God’s Word is true for me and it will work for me. He is no respecter of persons.
What is this secret place of the Most High God? It is His covering, His protection, our shelter from the enemy, and our place of His abiding Presence. It is His Word. It is His Presence. It is God’s place. I’m living there. Psalm 31:20: God hides us in the secret place of His Presence. He hides us. He keeps us secretly in His pavilion, covering, shelter, defense and hedges us in, shuts us up and protects us from the evil one. In this secret place we are inaccessible to the enemy. It is forbidden access to him.
I am fixed in this secret place. In this place in God (which everyone has who is born again, whether they know it or whether they act on that knowledge) we are stable; we are unalterably settled; we are set; we are firm; we are steadfast; and we are established. Established in what? Him and His Word and faith in Him performing His Word in our lives personally.
I am fixed under the shadow of the Almighty. What does this mean? I thought there was no shadow with God. This is our English translation’s way of saying “covering.” God’s glory is this covering. It is a canopy of divine love and protection. It is God. We know that His glory is His Love (Power) expressed or manifested on earth. He allows us to see His glory. His glory is His Presence. When our spiritual eyes are open here on earth, we can perceive God’s presence and power expressed in our personal lives, as well as in corporate gatherings. When we get to heaven, we will have the spiritual ability to see Him and His glory all the time. The only reason we cannot see it here on this earth all the time is that we don’t walk in the spirit all the time. Flesh has to be dealt with continually. The flesh cannot see God nor perceive Him.
The Holy Spirit is here to help us stay in the spirit and still live a normal life here with his “super” on our “natural.” I love living supernaturally in this natural world. It is so much fun. It is a carefree life. We are God’s responsibility. We do what He tells us to do. He performs His Word on our behalf and for those to whom He sends us. It is an effortless life of sweatless victory. What produces that kind of life? Trust and confidence in God’s ability and capability of taking care of us.
If you are like me (maybe you are not) it is difficult to have the patience to wait on someone else to do something when you think you have the ability to do it so much faster. I believe that many times we have this mindset about God. We have this concept that it takes forever to receive from Him. It is all this work and pressure and stress and strain. He didn’t put those thoughts in your head. It is satan, because he knows that once you and I know that God does things much better than we can ever do them (and God will do them for us), he has “had it.” He won’t be able to harass us anymore.
We dwell, remain stable and fixed in the secret place of the Most High and are established, unalterably settled under God’s glory which is a canopy, a defense of divine love and protection of the Almighty God Whose power no foe can withstand.
posted by Rev. Kialeen Potterton @ 8:50 AM
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