The Secret Place

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The Secret Place By Joe Pinto

God is not looking for people to perform. He’s looking for people that will be with Him where He is and with Him where He goes! 

Many forget even when they used to say, “Lord, where you go I’ll go.” We sing it all the time! But this is the safe place!!! The place where no matter what you face in the spirit, you know you’re with Him, flowing with the wind. We need to get back to this place. We need to find it again! If we don’t, the other wind and rain will come and toss us to and fro! 

This is the safe place! 

This is the secret place! 

This is the place where the enemy can’t find you and pounce on you, a safe place! 

Where bitterness, offense, religion, or the flesh does not know you anymore! 

We need to find this place or else we are doomed. We will not be able to consistently overcome. We will keep going around the mountain. We will go for 40 years in the desert like the Israelites. We will go from conference to conference ever learning but never growing! 

Psalm 91 (KJV)

91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;

10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.

12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Verse 9 says because thou made the Lord, thy habitation. This is your key, this is your foundation. We all want these promises, but the question is: Where is your habitation? Where is your location? Does it line up with His? 

That whole chapter talks about the Lord protecting you, hiding you under the shadow of His wing, supplying you and defining you. But what is the requirement? What do I need to do so I can be in this place all the time! 

The secret place! The secret place is not a place in the physical! It’s not a prayer closet in your house. The secret place is the place where He is! The place where He goes! Where He abides! The thing that He is doing! And the question is: Are you there with Him? 

When He goes north, do you go south? When He goes west, do you go east?

Well then, you’re not in the secret place. Where is He going? Are you there? Then if you are, you are in the secret place and no pestilence shall come nigh unto you. And 1000 may fall at your left and 10,000 to your right, but you shall be hidden in Christ! But the question is, and always is, and always will be: Are you there with Him? He’s always moving, always flowing! Always speaking! Are you following it? Are you flowing with Him? 

John 3:8 (KJV)
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

And so are you who are in the Secret Place, grab your sail, grab your kite! And let the wind take you. Grab your boat, grab your raft, and let the river take you. Let Him take you and don’t look back. You may not know where you’re going. You may be traveling in all different directions. But you are fulfilling your destiny! If your spirit is on fire and your mind is going crazy, then you’re in the right place! His ways are not your ways. Welcome to the way, but this way is the safe way. It may be a messy way, but it is a safe place. This way is the way of dominion and power. Power over yourself! 

Some wonder why pestilence comes. They wonder why the enemy comes and has a heyday on them. It’s because you stopped flowing with the wind, but you don’t understand that the wind blows all the hay away! 

His Spirit is your key to authority. His Spirit is your key to the windows of heaven. And His Spirit is the Secret Place, and when we abide in Him, we are abiding in the Secret Place of the Most High! We are abiding in the place of 24/7 strength. This is why we need to understand this so that we can get our mind into subjection to the spirit. 

The mind is your downfall. We must renew it! It will oppose God! And if we don’t renew it, we will struggle. This is our struggle: God goes west and our mind says to go east. Two voices, one right answer. Though we need to follow the spirit in our spirit and let our mind die to itself! 

Many are being led by their gift, and their gift is without repentance. And now their gift is without God. Many people are being led by revelation. Many are being led by their title, being led by the crowd, being led by talent and money. And they are wondering why the enemy finds a foothold in their life. It’s because they are not in the secret place. 

Look to the east: There’s a pot of revelation and gifts, but God is going west. What are you going to do? Are you going to chase after what God gives and releases, or are you going to go where He’s going? 

That is the question that will determine who is the remnant. The remnant don’t chase after gifts. They chase after Him. And they get to have both, and no longer are they just using gifts, but releasing it with Power. With the Anointing that breaks the yoke. 

When someone comes and uses a gift without the anointing, it’s like a feather that is rubbed against your skin. Though when God comes, when the anointing comes, He penetrates. He breaks, He shakes, and He gets rid of all the fakes. 

The ministers that come and bring this breaker anointing, these are ministers who have been with Him. These are men and women who go where He goes. Not chasing after the Kingdom, but chasing after the King, meanwhile releasing the Kingdom. These are the Sons of God, and sons stay with their daddy and are protected by daddy. Prodigals are exposed to the enemy’s iron fist because, without God, they leave themselves out in the open exposed to the will of the god of this world. But Sons and Daughters dwell under the shadow of the Almighty! 

Father, help us to dwell in obedience. Let us abide in you more than anything else. Let us submit to you in every single way! Let us not fight against the wind, and let us find the river in the dry land and stay there that we may abide in the Secret Place of the Most High God!