The Secret Place

Hello All,
    I'm sorry! I have not posted in a very long time due to sinus infections and tests and exams. Mea Culpa. ( That's Latin...if you don't know what it means...look it up:D )
      I always joke around with my dad that I can recognize him by his cough. It's funny but it's so true. When you know some one well enough, you know their voice. You can recognize them immediately! Many say that my mom and I sound the same on the phone. However, our close family can distinct which one of us it is. Why? Because they know our voice.
   So, where am I getting at? It should be the same with the Holy Spirit. How do we expect to listen to Him, when we don't know His voice? When Jesus tries to speak to us, how do we tune our spiritual ears to Him? By spending time with Him. It's as simple as that. To be still and seek out His voice. Talk with Him. Alone. With no distractions. As His children, we should know the voice of our Father. We need to  spend time with Him.
    So, find your secret place with Him. And spend time seeking and praying. And just like with those you're close to, when, for some reason, you cannot speak in the secret place for a day or two, you miss it. We long to hear the voice of the Bridegroom.

 "The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.  When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.  But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice."
--John 10: 2-5


    How do we know if we are following God or not if we do not recognize His voice. Don't children know the voice of their Father? Doesn't a bride know the voice of Her Beloved? It is a very crucial time to listen to the voice of the Father. To listen to His direction. It is so very important to be in the secret place with Him. To know His voice, and to learn His plan in our lives. 
    
"But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." -- Matt. 6:6


"One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple." -- Psalm27: 4