The Secret Place
I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Friday morning, the 5th of June, 2026, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.
We start in Psalm 39:3:
My heart was hot within me; While I was musing, the fire burned.”
Then we go straight to the Gospel of Mark 1:35:
”Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.”
That was our beloved Saviour Jesus Christ. Do you have a secret place? Do you have a place where you can come apart and sit quietly and be warmed by the presence of Almighty God? If you haven’t, you need to find one because it’s very important.
George Matheson, the Scottish preacher, was blind. He wrote something very special, and I want to quote a few things that he said. He said, ”Is there no secret pavilion (no secret place) into which you can go and warm yourself?” I just think of a campfire. Isn’t it beautiful to sit around a campfire and not even speak. Just watch those beautiful flames on a cold night. It warms your heart. He says, ”Is there no Holy of Holies where you can catch a glow of the impulse of God that will make you strong?” We really need to find that place. He says that, ”Elijah’s solitude (by himself), if you do that then you will have a chariot of fire, just like Elijah had, which took him to heaven.”
What about Moses? When Moses was in that solitary place on Mount Sinai, when he came down, his face was shining. It was glowing so brightly that he had to wear a covering over his face so people couldn’t look at him for a long while.
“Your words shall be burning when you spend time in the presence of God. They will kindle many a heart journeying on the road to Emmaus.” Remember, Jesus, all of a sudden was walking next to the two men who were on the road to Emmaus and they didn’t recognise Him but when He broke bread they realised exactly who He was.
“Oh, my soul would you have your life glorified, “beautified” in the eyes of men well get up to the secret place? Get up to God’s pavilion where the fires of love are burning and your life shall shine gloriously to the people on the earth.”
Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day.
Goodbye.