03/20/2022 SEEKING THE SECRET PLACE: WEEK 8
March 20, 2022

But seek first the kingdom of God
and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. —Matthew 6:33

6  Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to  loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
7  Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; when you see the naked, that you cover him, and not hide yourself from your own flesh?
8  Then your light shall break forth like the morning, your healing shall spring forth speedily, and your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10  If you extend your soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light shall dawn in the darkness, and your darkness shall be as the noonday.
11  The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.
12  Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. —Isaiah 58:6 - 12

Breach Defined:

A gap in a wall, barrier, or defense, especially one made by an attacking army.

An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct

1. In The Secret Place, the breach of faith is restored.

… You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach… —Isaiah 58:12b

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. —Romans 10:17

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. —John 1:14

But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” —Matthew 4:4

For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. —2 Corinthians 1:20

“God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” —Number 23:19

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. —Isaiah 55:11

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. —Matthew 24:35

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me,”
says the Lord. —Isaiah 54:17

2. In The Secret Place, the breach of hope is restored.

… You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach… —Isaiah 58:12b

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. —Proverbs 13:12

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. —John 10:10

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. —Romans 15:13

1  I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
2  The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
3  I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. —Psalms 18:1 - 3

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. —Romans 5:5

3. In the Secret Place, we realize there is no breach of love.

… You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach… —Isaiah 58:12b

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:13

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? —Romans 8:35

38  For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 
39  nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. —Romans 8:38 - 39

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. —2 Corinthians 5:21