I was reading “The Seven Longings Of The Human Heart” by Mike Bickle when I came across a statement that struck me. On page 98 he writes “Nothing hurts like intimacy exposed.” He is referring to when you share a very personal secret with another and then they betray your trust by sharing it with another who you did not want to know. Farther down on the same page he writes “…Intimacy with Jesus is not a one-sided discussion. Jesus has secrets of His own.”
I have never really considered that intimacy with Jesus is being included in His secrets. I believe it is in the secret place that He whispers His secrets to those whom He loves. Only those who love Him ever find this secret place. But the thing that gripped me is the hurt we cause by exposing His intimate secrets with others. We use the intimate love language we have with the Lord to try and bolster our ministries, making ourselves look spiritual. We don’t treat our friends or spouses this way saying “Hey everyone guess what I know about so and so”, yet we somehow think that everything He speaks in the secret place is for public consumption.
To become one who hears secrets we must become one who keeps secrets. We become the guardians of the secret things of God. There is a secret place Jesus desires to have only with you, and there are secret things He desires to whisper only to you in His still small voice. The invitation is open to all who believe on His name, but the experience is only given to those who come.
Intimacy is founded on time spent. The more time spent with someone the more you get to know each other and more is revealed. Deep secrets are not revealed in the first meeting, there are always deeper things and then deeper things after that. This continues forever. Let us not be satisfied with a surface meeting with the Lord, but answer His call into His deep heart of love.
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