Hallowed in Secret, Manifested in Public (1 of 4)

Shane Willard

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The spiritual language you used earlier (praying in tongues) is actually God's ‘love language’ to you. It's your pillow-talk with God. You're actually letting it out of your spirit, the things that God whispers into your spirit, in the private times with Him. It's the language that God uses to tell you the secrets that He has for you, that you don't know yet - but He had destined for your glory before time began.

In the Old Testament, because they rejected God's marriage proposal, He spoke to them in ‘dreams & interpretations’. Now we have ‘tongues & interpretations’! We are able to speak what they only had the grace to see.

I want you to be still and know that He is God. Just take a second, and be still and know that He is God. Let your mind and your spirit, wrap around how big He is.

What would I feel like, if I could feel His compassion for people? (even just a tenth of it; 1% of it)

How would I feel Lord, if I could feel innocent in Your sight?

How would I feel Lord, if I could feel the truth - that I'm a vessel that You wanted to be with; wanted to marry; wanted to come into and live with, and have an intimate relationship with? I am a person that You desire to be with. I am Your treasured possession God - what would you feel like, if you could feel that?

If you could feel the truth now, that there's not one sin on your record; if you could feel the truth now that anything you struggle with - it's a process that God's working you through to make you whole. It's not that He doesn't love you; it's that He does.

What would you feel like if you could feel the bigness of God coming on your life? What would you feel like if you could feel just a smidgen of the calling He has for you; that He loves you so much He's whispering mysteries into your spirit?

What would you feel like, if you could feel the healing power of God coming out of you onto somebody else? How would you feel, if tomorrow somebody's coming through the doors of the church, and just by shaking your hand they can feel the love of God because you're that in tune with Him? Peter was so in tune with God that even his shadow raised somebody from the dead. What would that feel like?

I want you to be still and know that He is God. Let yourself become completely aware of His presence now - His presence is here.