Daily Devotional

I think the Psalms might be my best friends! They give us some of the most marvelous invitations in all the inspired word! It is almost beyond belief! But then we serve an unimaginable God, who accomplished an unthinkable redemption of our souls!

Every challenge and every sorrow pales before the intimacy to which we are lovingly beckoned by the Lord our Savior. All our fruitfulness arises from the glorious union we are urged to enter into with the fullness of our beings. I am overwhelmed at the thought of it all! Consider the following heavenly declaration.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm 91:1 NKJV

What can the secret place of the Most High be like? Since He is the Most High, there is no higher place. No one can possibly find their way there on their own. No devil can even approach! If these could get close, they could never find it! Who could uncover the secret place of the unapproachable, Almighty God, He who is the ultimate in might? What could possibly interrupt the encounter that takes place there?

We are enticed by our Savior’s love to not just pass by or visit there, but to dwell there continuously. Once there we are rooted there. We shall abide there forever. There we know Him who covets us, and His inconceivable lovingkindness (steadfast love). It is beyond possibly ascribing value to!

They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house;
And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.
For the fountain of life is with You;
In Your light we see light.
Psalm 36:8–9, NASB

We drink our fill of the abundance of His house! He gives us to drink of the river of His delights. It is so, because the fountain of life is with Him! He is the Fountain of Life! Said another way, we are given the call to delight ourselves in an unlimited way in Him.

Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4, NASB

Come explore! Come, reach for My blessings. Have too much. Be overcome with Me. My expanses are inexhaustible, glorious and thrilling beyond comprehension. In this state, the deepest desires of our human hearts are filled, overflowing on every side. We become full past imagination!

In this state we rest in Him (v 7). In this place is our full inheritance (v 11). In this realm our souls prosper without limits. In this condition we venture boldly out into the world and accomplish all His will for our lives. We fight our fights, we defeat our foes. We rescue our brothers and sisters. We finish our course. We ride the wave of glory and power. We live fully, and love without limits. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High . . . our habitation, our calling, our fulfillment! Go to Jesus for the way to get there, and the key to His secret place. Set up shop, and never leave. All completed holy purpose flows from that place.

Read: Ezekiel 47:1–12
Sing: O I Want to See Him, R. H. Cornelius

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