Read Jonah 1:1 through 4:11 
Talk about a secret place! Jonah, the runaway prophet, spent three days and three nights in a place of presence both unusual and surprising. Jonah’s secret place was like none other. It was a strange and wonderful place especially prepared for him in the belly of a great fish, where he experienced God in new ways.
Jonah’s secret place had none of the natural charm of a garden of prayer. It was more like a watery grave into which he had been hurled; a place of exile where "engulfing waters" wrapped seaweed around his head (Jonah 2:5). It was, nonetheless, a place where the brightest and faintest details about a gracious and long-suffering God were remembered.
Thankfully, not everybody’s experience with places of presence is as radical as Jonah’s. This is not to say that your secret place may not at times be a place of testing. But more often than not, it may be a place of natural beauty marked by solitude. It may not even be a place, but rather a quiet meditative state of mind wherein God is directly thought of. One thing for sure, the treasure available in the secret place is the presence of God himself.
Challenge for Today: Spend time with God today in your favorite secret place.
Quicklook:Jonah 2:1–10
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Talk about a secret place! Jonah, the runaway prophet, spent three days and three nights in a place of presence both unusual and surprising. Jonah’s secret place was like none other. It was a strange and wonderful place especially prepared for him in the belly of a great fish, where he experienced God in new ways.
Jonah’s secret place had none of the natural charm of a garden of prayer. It was more like a watery grave into which he had been hurled; a place of exile where "engulfing waters" wrapped seaweed around his head (Jonah 2:5). It was, nonetheless, a place where the brightest and faintest details about a gracious and long-suffering God were remembered.
Thankfully, not everybody’s experience with places of presence is as radical as Jonah’s. This is not to say that your secret place may not at times be a place of testing. But more often than not, it may be a place of natural beauty marked by solitude. It may not even be a place, but rather a quiet meditative state of mind wherein God is directly thought of. One thing for sure, the treasure available in the secret place is the presence of God himself.
Challenge for Today: Spend time with God today in your favorite secret place.
Quicklook:Jonah 2:1–10
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