Did you have a secret hideout when you were a child? A place where you could go to feel safe and protected? Mine was under my bed! I really did not like being around a lot of people. I loved hiding, being by myself, reading a book – just spending time with myself. I still love doing that – hiding away, spending time with me; only, I get to spend it with Someone else also!
God has a secret place too. It’s called God’s pavilion, the place under His wings—God’s hiding place. Psalm 27:5 promises, “For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in His dwelling; He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock.”
The more I learn about God’s secret place, the more I am convinced that it’s not a place at all—it’s a person. Jesus Christ is my secret place. He is my shelter in the time of storm, my shield and buckler, the one under whose wings I take refuge.
He said, “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from you can do nothing” (John 15:4–5).
