The Secret

May 2

There is a secret man needs to discover above all others. It is not the thing for which we most fervently strive, nor is it the thing we believe will accrue the greatest satisfaction and advantage to us, yet it will avail us much if we find it and appropriate it.

In fact, it is probably the one thing we avoid finding most heartily! In Psalm 37:5, the secret is revealed. It says, “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him.” We are far more inclined to commit our way to our goal and to trust in our ability to attain it.

It isn’t that we don’t want the blessings of God upon our endeavors. And we’ll pray for His intervention if it’s needed. It’s simply that whatever we desire to achieve is seen as ‘ours’. We want the credit when it’s brought to a successful conclusion. We want the glory to ourselves.

We can taste the sweet victory and we don’t want to share a bite of it with anyone—not even with the Lord Himself. Committing ourselves to God, to His purposes, to His glory denies us ‘bragging rights.’ When we deny the veracity of the secret, however, the lack of the secret in our lives becomes our bitter downfall.