In the Secret

This song, was laid upon my heart. I wanted to share it with you.

In the secret, in the quiet place
In the stillness You are there.
In the secret, in the quiet hour I wait,
Only for You, ’cause I want to know You more.

I want to know You,
I want to hear Your voice
I want to know You more.
I want to touch You,
I want to see Your face
I want to know You more.

I am reaching for the highest goal,
That I might receive the prize.
Pressing onward, pushing every hindrance aside,
Out of my way, ’cause I want to know you more.

I want to know You,
I want to hear Your voice
I want to know You more.
I want to touch You,
I want to see Your face
I want to know You more.

How amazing. How beautiful. How humble and honest. This should be the prayer that we pray to our Heavenly Father.

Shouldn’t we all present ourselves to God this way? To yearn for Him, to seek His face. Not in the wide open spaces of a church building, or in a convention center with thousands of other people, but in the secret, in the quiet, in the stillness of our hearts. So many times we try to praise God amidst the buzz of daily life, but when Christ came to earth, He presented another way of doing things.

Matthew 6:5-8 — And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

We serve a loving and faithful God, but the Bible also warns us that He is jealous for us. He wants us to want to spend time with Him. Not because it’s something that we feel forced to do, but because it’s something that burns in our hearts.

Exodus 34:14 — Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

We are commanded to have no other gods before Him. He is the One whose name is Holy, and He alone, deserves to be praised.

The lyrics continue with, I am reaching for the highest goal, that I might receive the prize. Pressing onward, pushing every hindrance aside, out of my way, ’cause I want to know you more.

The question is, in that quiet time with God, are you pushing obstacles and hindrances out of the way? Are you focusing on God alone? Are you giving Him the time and focus that He is due?

If we are ever going to know God, the way that He wants us to, we need to meet with Him. We have to break our spirits before Him and come to Him with humble hearts. Only then will we be able to know Him, hear His voice, touch Him and see His face. Revel in His presence. Seek Him and He will reveal Himself to you. 

Psalm 100:4 — Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

Isaiah 65:1 — I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’

Will you be part of the nation seeking God and calling out His name?

In the stillness and a quiet, will you seek Him with all of your heart?

Jeremiah 29:13 — You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Let this be your prayer:

Psalm 27:4 ♥ One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.

Blessings,

A.