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Join me today as we do a Truth Meditation<\/strong> on one of the \u201csecret\u201d verses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ll provide insights to the original Greek below. You meditate on them and then write the truth that the Father reveals.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBut you, when you pray\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Pray<\/span> – Greek verb proseuchomai<\/i><\/a> – <\/i>\u201cto offer prayers\u201d; subjunctive mood meaning the action may or may not occur, depending upon circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cgo into your inner room\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Go<\/span> – Greek verb eiserchomai<\/i><\/a>– \u201cto enter\u201d; aorist tense meaning without regard for past, present or future -not time defined; imperative mood meaning expressing a command – i.e. \u201cyou must enter or go into.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Inner Room<\/span> – Greek noun tameion<\/i><\/a> – \u201ca chamber; especially an inner chamber; a secret room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cand when you have shut your door,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n pray to your Father who is in secret\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Secret<\/span> – Greek adjective kryptos<\/i><\/a> – <\/i>\u201chidden, concealed, secret; the inner part\u201d; from a root word meaning to hide one\u2019s self.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cand your Father who sees in secret\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sees<\/span> – Greek verb blepo<\/i><\/a> – \u201cto see, discern; also metaphorically – to see with the mind\u2019s eye, to perceive, to observe, to weigh carefully, to examine, to perceive by the senses, to feel;\u201d participle mood which is suffixed here with \u201cing\u201d making it almost like a noun form – i.e. Perceiving, observing, weighing carefully, and so on.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Secret<\/span> – Greek adjective kryptos<\/i><\/a> – <\/i>\u201chidden, concealed, secret; the inner part\u201d; from a root word meaning to hide one\u2019s self.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cwill repay you.\u201d (Matthew 6:6)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Repay<\/span> – Greek verb apodidomi<\/i><\/a> – \u201cto reciprocate, recompense, to reward for effort or even make amends for any loss or harm endured;\u201d future tense that has not yet occurred; indicative mood meaning it will certainly happen.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Openly<\/span> – Greek adjective phaneros<\/i><\/a> – \u201cto be plainly recognized or known; in public; become evident; also used in Mark 4:22; Luke 8:17. For some reason, many versions (Living, NIV, NASB) don\u2019t include this word.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Okay take some time for mediation. I\u2019ll do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Selah.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Holy Father,\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n You indeed are a God who hides Himself<\/span> (Isaiah 45:15)!\u00a0 But despite this, You make Yourself available to us in the quietness of the inner chamber (Matthew 6:6).\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019m embarrassed to admit how seldom I go there to truly wait to You, even though I know that this is the only<\/strong> place in which You can be found. I have a quiet time, sure. But all too often it is in form and not in stillness of soul.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You hide Yourself…maybe the reason that You seem so hard to find is that I don\u2019t want to go where You will be<\/strong>: within my innermost being in memories<\/strong>\u00a0that I\u2019m desperately trying to hide<\/strong>. But as I stand, exposed to Your Light<\/span> (Ephesians 5:13), I find both the memories as well as the sins washed white as snow by Your brilliance (Isaiah 1:18). When I am fixed on You, my only Hope<\/span>, I am purified<\/strong>. Suddenly, I can see myself through Your eyes – pure, just like You (1 John 3:3).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, I stand before Your Light, asking that Your Truth purify me (John 3:21).\u00a0 I want my next memories to be of You and not of my faults.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As I stand here basking in Your Light, I realize that You still have more to give<\/span>. You will most assuredly reward<\/strong> me for all of this – and that not just in secret – but so that all can see. Oh, the depth of Your rich wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable Your judgements and unfathomable Your ways (Romans 11:33).<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n ——————<\/p>\n More Truth Meditations:<\/span><\/p>\n