These graceful palm trees are above Makapu'u Beach on Oahu, Hawaii. Trees have always seemed to me to have character, especially old oak trees and the like, with their twisting and turning branches. People can learn a lot from nature; I should say, learn a lot from the Creator of all things. We need to stop and take the time to learn lessons from His creation and from the very heart of God Himself.
Also important is to take the time to read the Holy Word and to spend time in prayer with the Lord. That is how we get to know Him intimately and become friends with Him. Once we are truly born-again believers in Jesus Christ, He will give us more understanding of Him and His Word. He will share His secrets.
"The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him, and He will show them His covenant." - Psalm 25:14
The word "secret" in Hebrew means the cushions of a divan on which counselors and friends in the East usually sit. Another way of expressing it is "Wast thou a listener in the secret council of God?" (Job 15:8)
God's servants are admitted to God's secrets. But notice, it is to those "that fear Him." This is speaking of filial fear, like the fear which a loving child has of grieving its father, or causing him pain. God will have fellowship with those whose hearts are true and in right standing with Him, thereby finding favor with Him. They who do not fear God cannot hear the secret.
"Christ should be found written on your heart. This is the secret of the Lord." - W. Logan
Also, the secret of the Lord means that which cannot be known unless the Lord reveals it. There is much that can be called the secret of the Lord.
Natural or carnal man cannot know or understand these secrets; their eyes of understanding are blinded by the cares and pleasures and lusts of this old dying world. They are blinded also by the devil.
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." - 1 Corinthians 2:14
Back to the fear of the Lord, which enables you to, by God's grace, to know the secret of the Lord. The fear of the Lord is clean; it cleanses. In every heart filled with the fear of God there is a communication of a secret. God opens His mind and His heart to them.
There is also the secret witness of the Spirit, which testifies to them being a child of God. There are secret whispers of His love, which assures their soul that He has loved them with an everlasting love, and is preparing them for their heavenly home.
There is the secret concerning how, when one is born-again, he becomes a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are past away; behold, all things are become new."
Another secret is the Gospel of Christ, which is a mystery. Carnal man cannot comprehend it as it is not attainable without supernatural revelation.
The latter part of Psalm 25:14 tells us that God will show them His covenant. "He will show them, will teach them, more and more therein, the nature of it, the duration of it, its comprehensiveness, its security, its terms and conditions, its blessings and promises, all in Christ, and Christ in all." - A. Hewlett
To sum it all up, God reveals His secrets to those who love, obey, and fear Him. The Gospel of Jesus Christ, and Him crucified, is a secret or a mystery to the lost. If you are a child of God, He will reveal his secrets to you and bless you with a better understanding of Him and His Word; He will clear your mind and bless you with a joy and peace that only His love and a clear conscience can give you.
If you have not yet surrendered your life to the Lord, in full faith in Jesus as the Messiah and Savior, I urge you to do so now. Confess your sins to Him, ask for forgiveness, repent and give your life to Jesus to be used by Him in His work.
Bible prophecy is being fulfilled daily in these last days; the Lord will return soon to rapture His own to heaven to be with Him. Are you ready ?
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.........For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:9,13
"Hast thou heard the secret of God?" - Job 15:8a
"Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you." - Jesus at John 15:15
There is also the secret witness of the Spirit, which testifies to them being a child of God. There are secret whispers of His love, which assures their soul that He has loved them with an everlasting love, and is preparing them for their heavenly home.
There is the secret concerning how, when one is born-again, he becomes a new creation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are past away; behold, all things are become new."
Another secret is the Gospel of Christ, which is a mystery. Carnal man cannot comprehend it as it is not attainable without supernatural revelation.
The latter part of Psalm 25:14 tells us that God will show them His covenant. "He will show them, will teach them, more and more therein, the nature of it, the duration of it, its comprehensiveness, its security, its terms and conditions, its blessings and promises, all in Christ, and Christ in all." - A. Hewlett
To sum it all up, God reveals His secrets to those who love, obey, and fear Him. The Gospel of Jesus Christ, and Him crucified, is a secret or a mystery to the lost. If you are a child of God, He will reveal his secrets to you and bless you with a better understanding of Him and His Word; He will clear your mind and bless you with a joy and peace that only His love and a clear conscience can give you.
If you have not yet surrendered your life to the Lord, in full faith in Jesus as the Messiah and Savior, I urge you to do so now. Confess your sins to Him, ask for forgiveness, repent and give your life to Jesus to be used by Him in His work.
Bible prophecy is being fulfilled daily in these last days; the Lord will return soon to rapture His own to heaven to be with Him. Are you ready ?
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.........For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:9,13
"Hast thou heard the secret of God?" - Job 15:8a
"Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you." - Jesus at John 15:15
