Our Father Who Sees in Secret
(Mt 6:5-13)
God is living.
He is in the secret place (Mt 6:6) and
He sees in secret.
Faith is acknowledging Him who transcends all understanding (Php 4:7), and
The life of this faith is living before His sight.
Deceived by the devil,
Adam sinned because he forgot God's existence in the Garden (Ge 3:6-8).
Furthermore, he misunderstood thinking that
He could hide from God's sight by hiding (Jer 23:24).
Even after being banished from the Garden,
His offspring Cain and others lived
Without being aware of God's existence and His sight (Ge 4:8-10).
While Moses was alone on Mount Horeb (Ex 3:1-6),
He heard the voice of God calling him and was afraid.
After the exodus, God was on the mountain
Filled with fire, smoke and cloud (Ex 19:3-25) and
Called only Moses, forbidding others from approaching.
God gave Moses the Law and
Commanded the Israelites to build a sanctuary (Ex 20:1-18, Ex 25:8) for
It was a secret place where God would dwell among them and meet with them.
As the people watched,
Moses alone entered the tabernacle as the pillar of cloud came down, and
Spoke with God, as a man speaks with his friend (Ex 33:9-11).
After that, the high priest alone went there once a year (He 9:7),
With the appointed sacrifice, the blood of animal.
Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn 2:19),
- Because through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,
- He would reveal that He is the living God for
- He is the incarnate Word who was with the Father in the beginning (Jn 1:1, Jn 1:14, Jn 1:18).
As He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn 19:30), declaring that He:
Died according to the Father's will established before the creation (Jn 10:17-18; Eph 1:4);
Condemned the devil; and
Tore His flesh, opening the gates of heaven, and prepared a secret place for the Father in heaven and His children born of His blood to meet (Jn 10:9; He 9:24, He 10:19-20).
He rose and entered the secret place in heaven,
The Father's house.
The Holy Spirit comes in the name Yeshua to
Those who received His blood.
For He is the Spirit who sees in secret the deep things of the spirit (1Co 2:11),
He lets them become conscious of God who is unseen.
The Christian is he who is
Watched over by the Spirit and the church (Ac 20:28).
Therefore, by the blood of Jesus
He goes before the Father who is in the secret place (Mt 6:6-13) and
Pours out everything by repenting for every sin (Ps 51:4) and
Entrusts Him with his problems (Php 4:6).
He serves joyfully even if no one sees him for
He believes in the Father's reward (Mt 6:4) and
Longs to finally enter that secret place
When the Lord returns.
O Lord,
Please pour out to us spiritual inspiration and
Let us feel Your eyes on us at all times.
When we pray, let us speak with You as a man speaks with his friend.
Let us long for the secret place where we can meet with You!
Amen.