Secret Place
When I think about praying in secret I am primarily drawn to the place where I pray alone. I wrote about that yesterday, but there is another aspect to secret prayer that I am still trying to learn.
I’ve shared this in my sermons, but a few years ago Kim and I were in Georgia for one of our daughters Art Shows. As we were leaving, we found out that God had answered our prayer for another daughter in a huge way. As we walked, I said something along the lines of, “Well, we prayed for that!”
The Holy Spirit immediately checked me in the spirit by asking, “Why did you just do that?” I remember asking Him, “What?” And He said, “You just took credit for what I did.” I immediately knew what He was talking about and said, “I’m sorry. Help me learn to stay in the secret places with you.”
I don’t mean to imply that you never let someone know you are praying for them, or that you never celebrate when God answers a prayer, but I crossed a line…it was true we had prayed for it, but the prayer answer was so big that it was only something He could have done and He alone deserved the glory.
A few months ago, someone shared a huge answer to a prayer I had been praying in the secret place, and I found myself just smiling and whispering, “Thank you God…you did that.” He gets the glory! Never forget that…He always gets the glory.
I’ve shared this in my sermons, but a few years ago Kim and I were in Georgia for one of our daughters Art Shows. As we were leaving, we found out that God had answered our prayer for another daughter in a huge way. As we walked, I said something along the lines of, “Well, we prayed for that!”
The Holy Spirit immediately checked me in the spirit by asking, “Why did you just do that?” I remember asking Him, “What?” And He said, “You just took credit for what I did.” I immediately knew what He was talking about and said, “I’m sorry. Help me learn to stay in the secret places with you.”
I don’t mean to imply that you never let someone know you are praying for them, or that you never celebrate when God answers a prayer, but I crossed a line…it was true we had prayed for it, but the prayer answer was so big that it was only something He could have done and He alone deserved the glory.
A few months ago, someone shared a huge answer to a prayer I had been praying in the secret place, and I found myself just smiling and whispering, “Thank you God…you did that.” He gets the glory! Never forget that…He always gets the glory.
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