According to the Scriptures, God encircles, encompasses, covers and shields those who make Him their refuge. His presence,the anointing,is a kind of force field of protection making us inaccessible to the enemy no matter what the circumstances. That’s how men and women throughout the ages have been able to walk unharmed through all kinds of dangerous situations. That’s how Daniel survived the lions’ den. The lions couldn’t get to him because a tangible force field of God’s protection was around him (Daniel 6:16-22). God was Daniel’s refuge in the lion pit.

And God was a refuge for Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace as well. They were faithful to God and believed God, and a circle of His power,the tangible force of God’s anointing,encased them. They didn’t bow and they didn’t burn. They didn’t even smell of smoke (Daniel 3:12-27). An angel “like the Son of God” was in the furnace with them. They were not alone because they were encompassed by the power of God.

That same protection belongs to us today when we dwell in the secret place of the Most High.

There is a place in Christ Jesus where we abide in the secret place of God’s protection. The world knows nothing about this secret place, nor can they live there. It is a place revealed by the Holy Spirit. It is for the obedient. Our lives are hidden with Christ in God. (See Colossians 3:3.)

You and I can live in the secret place. Wherever we go, that secret place goes with us, surrounding and encircling us.

Erick Bouwmeester