"He that dwells in the secret place of the most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty" (Psalm 91:1)
The word "dwell" also means to "Live" or "reside". so if a person asked you of your dwelling place, you would possibly take that person to a physical place or give them a physical address.
The verse says he who dwells in a secret place, so which is this secret place that is being referred to here? We know the meaning of "secret". This means this place is private, it is only known by you. Verse 9: "Because you have made the Lord which is your refuge and the most high your Dwelling place." Now this takes us away from the idea that the secret place is a physical place. Because if you live in a secret place, and you have made God your dwelling place. Then God is the secret place. Psalm 90:1 "Lord you have been our dwelling place and our refuge in all Generations." God is and has been our secret place in all generations.
Jesus speaks of a secret place in Matthew6:6 He says if you pray go to your private room and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. Now this confirms what verse 9. From above revealed to us. From the main verse, if you dwell in a secret place and verse 9 says God is your dwelling place, Jesus says the Father is in secret and sees in secret. Then God is your secret place, when Jesus says go into your private room. We can think of every private area, but the truth is that the most secret place you could ever find on earth, is in God Himself. So when you pray in secret you are having a one on one conversation with God.
It means when you pray in secret you don't have to even utter a single word. You don't have to shout, you must pray from within your heart. Jesus said don't be like the hypocrites who pray so they will be heard by people. So the most effective prayer is the one that is done in secret, be cause it is said direct to God.
This kind of a prayer you can pray it in the middle of the storm, when you facing trouble and you don't a chance to go down on your knees and pray. You just pray from within you and God answers in the open. I'm sure most of us have experienced that kind of a prayer. You will face trouble but it won't harm you if you dwell in the secret place. Psalm 90:10 there shall no evil befall thee. God promises us that you will never be conquered by evil, yet it may come against you. But you will call upon God and He will be with you,(verse15) because you live in Him.
He that dwells in a secret place shall Abide under the Shadow, now this tells us that if you live in God you shall remain stable. That's the meaning of the word "Abide". Evil will attack, but you will remain stable under the Shadow. The shadow represents the protection of God. You shall remain stable under the protection of the Almighty.
Now let's look at the function of the shadow. The shadow blocks the sun and provides protection, but the shadow here in this verse represents the Supernatural power of God. The word supernatural means "it is beyond the laws of nature" in other words the shadow here is the protection of God that says, what is impossible with men it is possible with God. We see this protection of God in the Bible when children of Israel were crossing the Red sea. The laws of nature will tell you that it is impossible to separate water with nothing blocking them and also have a dry land in between. But with God it is possible. We see it again in the wilderness when water came out of the rock, I tell you even today the laws of nature will tell you it's impossible to have water coming out of a rock, but with the supernatural power of God it is possible.
So the shadow of the Almighty is that power of God that says what is impossible with nature, it is possible in Him. To remain under that protection you need to dwell in God. Maybe sometimes you do pray and it seems like nothing is happening, it seems like God is not hearing your prayers. You feel like God has left you and forsaken you.
My brother my sister, check your position. Are you still dwelling in Him? You need to dwell In Him then things will change. He will do as He says in His word. You need to live in Him and Him in you (John15:7)
make God your secret place.
