The Secret Place of God’s Power
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Bill Vincent is an Apostle and Author with Revival Waves of Glory Ministries in Litchfield, IL. Bill and his wife Tabitha work closely in every day ministry duties. Bill and Tabitha lead a team providing Apostolic over sight in all aspects of ministry, including service, personal ministry and Godly character. Bill is a believer in Jesus Christ in the fullness of power with signs and wonders. Bill has an accurate prophetic gift, a powerful revelatory preaching anointing with miracles signs and wonders following. Bill Vincent is no stranger to understanding the power of God, having spent over twenty years as a Minister with a strong prophetic anointing, which taught him the importance of deliverance by the power of God. Bill has more than thirty prophetic books available all over the world. Prior to starting his ministry, Revival Waves of Glory he spent the last few years as a Pastor of a Church and a traveling prophetic ministry. Bill Vincent helps the Body of Christ to get closer to God while overcoming the enemy. Bill offers a wide range of writings and teachings from deliverance, to the presence of God and Apostolic cutting edge Church structure. Drawing on the power of the Holy Spirit through years of experience in Revival, Spiritual Sensitivity and deliverance ministry, Bill now focuses mainly on pursuing the Presence of God and breaking the power of the devil off of people’s lives. His book Defeating the Demonic Realm was published in 2011 and has since helped many people to overcome the spirits and curses of satan. Since then Bill’s books have flooded the market with his writings released just like he prophesies the Word of the Lord. Bill Vincent is a unique man of God whom has discovered; powerful ways to pursue God’s presence, releasing revelations of the demonic realm and prophetic anointing through everything he does. Bill is always moving forward at a rapid pace and there is sure to be much more released by him in upcoming years.
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The Secret Place of God’s Power - Bill Vincent
Power.
THE SECRET PLACE
The need to dwell in the Secret Place and abide with our almighty God.
We will examine how we are able to prepare our hearts so that this discipline of devotion emerges from our prayer closets and begins to overtake and invade every area of our lives.
Let’s begin by taking a quick look at how the Bible describes the Secret Place followed by a short study of the life of Joshua.
The Secret Place
In Psalm 91, we see that the Secret Place is a place of protection
Psalms 91:1-10 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Psalms 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalms 31:20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
PROVISION
Psalms 91:11-13 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psalms 91:15, 16 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
PROMOTION
Psalms 91:14 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.
Psalms 27:5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
This Secret Place is not reserved for just a few, but is available to all of us! The Bible contains several additional references to The Secret Place that we will also look at throughout this teaching.
Some of these passages will also refer to the Secret Place as the Lord’s tabernacle or His pavilion.
Recommendation:
It may be helpful to take a few minutes to read each of the verses referenced above before continuing this article. Doing so will also lay a proper foundation for moving forward in this Chapter.
Although, at times much of our focus can be on what we can personally receive from God in the Secret Place, we must never lose sight of the Lord’s desire and intention for this place of fellowship and intimacy.
We are able to see an illustrated of this in the account of Jesus and His disciples in Mark 3:13-15,
Mark 3:13-15 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
Before Jesus ever gave power and authority to His disciples, He gave them an invitation-an invitation to come to Him and to be with Him.
That is the same invitation that we have today and this is the place where we receive power, authority, influence and increase in our giftings and anointing.
As Paul said in 1 Corinthians 14:1, God wants us to desire
these spiritual endowments, but we are encouraged to first pursue love.
1 John 4:8 tells us God is love.
Our pursuit of God must always remain higher on our list of priorities than the pursuit of what God has to give.
The truth is as we seek Him, and begin to delight ourselves in Him, He will give us not only the things that we have need of but also the deepest desires of our hearts
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Psalms 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
As we begin to look at how the Bible describes the Secret Place, let’s first look at what Jesus said of The Secret Place in Matthew 6.
First in Matthew 6:6 in regards to prayer: Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
And secondly in Matthew 6:17-18 in regards to fasting: Matthew 6:17, 18 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine
head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
In these two passages Jesus teaches us that our personal devotion to the Lord through times of prayer and even fasting in the Secret Place will cause God to reward you openly.
However the heart of these verses is about more than just being rewarded openly it is about finding God-in the Secret Place.
Keeping this perspective and continuing to nurture this understanding will continue to cultivate a posture in us that makes it possible for us to dwell in the Secret Place of the Most High.
In Psalm 91:14-16 we see three characteristics that move the heart of God on our behalf:
An Intimate love for God
Let’s take a look at this passage, and then we will define these three characteristics while looking at how to develop each of them in our own lives.
Psalms 91:14-16 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. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
An Intimate Love for God
In verse 14, the Lord tells us, Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him.
The word because
means for the reason that.
When the word because
is used it is showing us why something is being said or done. The word love
in this verse is translated: to cling, to join, to love or to delight in.
The word deliver
is translated: to carry away or escape. So here the Lord is saying, For the reason that you have clung to Me, joined yourself to Me, loved Me and delighted yourself in Me I will wrap my arms around you and carry you away from the troubles of this world.
Increasing Knowledge of God
Verse 14 goes on to say; I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
This speaks of the Lord defending us, promoting us and surrounding us with favor, as a result of our personal revelation and understanding of His authority and character in our lives.
The word, known
is yada
in the Hebrew, which means to ascertain, or to find out for certain by seeing.
Seeing creates something in us. It gives birth to thoughts, emotion and even conviction.
There are things the Lord wants to show us that will draw us even closer to Him and in turn He will empower us and promote us.
This type of revelation and understanding was the very thing that Paul was praying for in Ephesians 1:17,
Ephesians 1:17-19 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
There are many names for God in Scripture and each one carries another truth about who He is and His heart for us.
For the sake of time, we will not go into the various names of God in this teaching but I do encourage you to take some time to study each of these on your own.
Our Pursuit of God
It means, to encounter.
This is more than a casual request. The Lord is saying because of how you seek to encounter me, I will respond to you and act on your behalf.
It reminds me of John 14:14 when Jesus said, If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
The word ask
here means to ask, beg, call for, crave, desire and require. The Amplified Bible expounds on in My Name
to read: as presenting all that I AM.
Calling upon God in this way requires a certain specific revelation of who God is.
If you are calling on Him for salvation, it is because you have had a revelation of Him as Savior.
If you are calling on Him for healing, it is because you have had a revelation of Him as Healer. If you are calling on Him for financial breakthrough, it is because you have had a revelation of Him as your Provider.
Therefore, as we encounter the Lord as Savior, He responds by saving us. As we encounter the Lord as Healer, He responds to us by healing our bodies.
As we encounter the Lord as Provider, He responds by providing the