Not every worshiper will be thus privileged, but those who dwell there, as Simeon and Anna dwelt in the temple. So, there are some that abide in Christ, and His words abide in them. They live near God. They receive, therefore, choicer favors than those who only come and go. He who has learned to stand in the holy of holies, near the blood-sprinkled mercy seat, to whom prayer is a matter of constant privilege and enjoyment—he dwells in the “secret place.”

There is a unique protection and care for those who have chosen to abide in Christ, to stay near.

There are ten thousand voices and gods who call for our attention daily. Satan is most active here, for he knows to separate the believer in daily experience is to strip them of their power. But blessed is the man who deliberately, stubbornly chooses to draw near to God through the course of every common day. They find Him true to His promise. “Draw near to Me, and I will draw near to you” (James 4:8).

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty … Because you have made the Lord—my refuge, the Most High—your dwelling place, no harm will come to you.

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