The secret things belong to the LORD our God

.... but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law (Deuteronomy 29:29). The founding fathers of Western Civilization could make statement like “We hold these truths to be self evident.” And more often than not, the truths they were speaking about were Biblical truths. In fact the West has largely based its laws on what was revealed to ancient Israel. And when you are living in those truths they do indeed seem to be self evident. But they were not self evident to the nations that surrounded Israel. It was not self evident to them, for example, that you should not sacrifice your children in the fire. They thought of this as “the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul.” Since this was so very seductive, the Lord made it very clear (revelation) that this was not what He required. What He requires of us is “to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:7, 8).

The things which are revealed also belong to those who love the Lord today. But things that belong to us can be lost, if we don't guard them. And truth is suppressed by unrighteousness. In fact when we do not receive the love the truth (revelation), God will actually eventually send strong delusion (2 Thessalonians 2:10, 11). When we refuse God over and over, He is entirely just to do this, as he did with Pharaoh. We read Pharaoh hardened his heart, Pharaoh hardened his heart etc., then God hardened Pharaoh's heart. He then used Pharaoh to demonstrate His glory through his stubbornness. If this makes you uncomfortable, know that I have been there and to some extent I still am. Paul talks about the goodness and the severity of God. But even in His severity He is good. Paul asks “What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction” (Romans 9:22).

God is a God of justice and a God of mercy (Isaiah 30:13; Psalm 59:10). He shows His wrath in order that we might seek His mercy. We will spend eternity with Him or with the one (the Devil) who I believe in his wrath sent this plague upon us. Part of the problem is that we don't understand His holiness, and we have this amazing tendency to minimize our sins and inequities. What we do need to understand is that He would be just in kicking us all out of paradise. But as the scripture says “He is not desirous that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). And He went to incredible lengths in order that He could be just, and the justifier of those who believe (Romans 3:26).

Father, Your word tells us that the secret of the Lord is with those that fear Him, and that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Psalm 25:14; Proverbs 9:10). Lord please bring back the fear of the Lord to Your church, and teach us to seek you in the secret place to that when we are still we may know more of the secret things so that we may delight in You in whom there are pleasures forevermore (Psalm 16:11) in Jesus Name Amen