The Secret Closet Part 1



And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men.  I tell you the truth; they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father, who is unseen. Then your father, who see what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:5-6
Our Lord Jesus guiding us into the liberty of worship to the Father, He gave us a free principle. He said, “When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your father, who is unseen.” This would only mean two things,
1.      Shutting ourselves in alone with God in prayer
2.      Shutting the world out that is to withdraw from all thoughts, anxieties and concerns for the day. Why?  Because, when we worship God with our thoughts and anxieties in mind then we cannot be in tuned to Him because He is Spirit. When we close the world out, we come face to face with God’s presence and realize his most powerful and amazing presence. We stay all alone with God.
Being alone in His presence will give us a personal encounter with greatness of God and full assurance of coming before His throne at any time.
Simple to say, the disciples of Jesus had been with Him, and seen Him pray.  They had learnt    to associate the connection between His wondrous life in public, and His secret life of prayer.  And this compelled them to ask the saviour to teach them how to pray. It is important to note that they didn’t ask Jesus to teach them how to perform miracles but how
Andrew Murray Everyone must have some solitary spot    where he can be alone with his God.  Every teacher must have a schoolroom.  We have learnt to know and accept Jesus as our only    teacher in the school of prayer.  He has already taught us at Samaria    that worship is no longer confined to times and places; that worship,    spiritual true worship, is a thing of the spirit and the life; the    whole man must in his whole life be worship in spirit and truth.  And    yet He wants each one to choose for himself the fixed spot where He can    daily meet him.  That inner chamber, that solitary place, is Jesus'    schoolroom.  That spot may be anywhere; that spot may change from day    to day if we have to change our abode; but that secret place there must    be, with the quiet time in which the pupil places himself in the    Master's presence, to be by Him prepared to worship the Father.  There    alone, but there most surely, Jesus comes to us to teach us to pray.

Lord, May all the glory be to your  son Lord Jesus.Please guide us into deeper intimacy with you. May you lead us into a secret closet, to encounter your presence individually as your fresh anointing fall upon us. All these i pray in Jesus Name.

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