The Secret Place...

"Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty."

Psalm 91:1

This is a very familiar verse to most of us. And one of our "go-to" verses when we need assurance that God is our Protector. But in the early hours of the morning, I find myself focused on four words:

"Whoever dwells . . . will rest."

The Amplified Bible calls it a secret place, that place of shelter and rest. I was reminded of when my boys were little and we had a forest of trees behind our house. They would gather branches and limbs and create a "fort" which became their secret place to hang out and relax.

But that secret place would be much shelter or be a hiding place if they never used it, would it?

God has a shelter; actually He is a shelter, a secret place where He brings comfort, gives rest and provides safety. But He calls us to dwell there with Him.

As we come to the end of the "lazy days of summer" and get back into the busy, sometimes frantic, routines that Autumn brings, let us take time to dwell in the shelter . . . the secret place of the Most High . . . and find rest in the shadow of His wings.

'Lena

©Whispers in Worship

I was reminded of an old song...
"A Quiet Place" sung by Take 6...