{"id":12836,"date":"2015-06-03T09:25:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T13:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=12836"},"modified":"2015-06-03T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T18:32:09","slug":"the-secret-of-the-lord-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=12836","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Secret of the Lord\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him\u2026 \u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?version=31&amp;search=Psalm+25%3A14\" target=\"_blank\">Psalm 25:14<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --><\/p>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gzCmwETeZXY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\u00a0What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells you his secret joys. Many people will confide their secret sorrows to you, but the final mark of intimacy is when they share their secret joys with you. Have we ever let God tell us any of His joys? Or are we continually telling God our secrets, leaving Him no time to talk to us? At the beginning of our Christian life we are full of requests to God. But then we find that God wants to get us into an intimate relationship with Himself\u2014 to get us in touch with His purposes. Are we so intimately united to Jesus Christ\u2019s idea of prayer\u2014 \u201cYour will be done\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+6:10\">Matthew 6:10<\/a>)\u2014 that we catch the secrets of God?<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">What makes God so dear to us is not so much His big blessings to us, but the tiny things, because they show His amazing intimacy with us\u2014 He knows every detail of each of our individual lives.\u201cHim shall He teach in the way He chooses\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+25:12\">Psalm 25:12<\/a>). At first, we want the awareness of being guided by God. But then as we grow spiritually, we live so fully aware of God that we do not even need to ask what His will is, because the thought of choosing another way will never occur to us.<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">If we are saved and sanctified, God guides us by our everyday choices. And if we are about to choose what He does not want, He will give us a sense of doubt or restraint, which we must heed. Whenever there is doubt, stop at once. Never try to reason it out, saying, \u201cI wonder why I shouldn\u2019t do this?\u201d God instructs us in what we choose; that is, He actually guides our common sense. And when we yield to His teachings and guidance, we no longer hinder His Spirit by continually asking, \u201cNow, Lord, what is Your will?\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">____________________________________________________________<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>June 3 2015<\/p>\n<p>Journal Entry for Today-JDV<\/p>\n<p>Good morning God and thank you for this new devotional. Well, it seems new even though we have been using this book <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">My Utmost for His Highest<\/span>, for over five years. You continue to make the devotionals fresh and alive through the direction of the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 You remind us here of the intimate relationship You seek with us, and that notion overwhelms me. I am reminded of the lyric, <em>\u201cwho am I that the Lord of all the world would care to know my name<\/em>.\u201d Thank You for Your love and the intimate way You have of reaching out to us.<\/p>\n<p>And God says\u2026\u201d<em>Since the beginning, man has tried to worship Me in the ways He believes will please Me. But I do not seek your worship first.\u00a0 I seek our intimate relationship. Your appropriate worship will follow, as you allow the Holy Spirit that is the result of your surrender, to guide your thoughts and actions. You then have the love, power, grace, insight and motivation to worship in ways that will support and sustain our intimate and loving relationship. Seek first the Kingdom of God, which is Jesus, and I will provide everything else you require in this life; including the love, power, grace, insight and motivation\u00a0 for you to surrender, be connected, curious, expectant and obedient. And when you cannot be all these things, my grace and love fills the gaps.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him\u2026 \u2014Psalm 25:14 \u00a0What is the sign of a friend? Is it that he tells you his secret sorrows? No, it is that he tells you his secret joys. 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