The Secret Place of Thunder

“And it came to pass, that, as He was praying in a CERTAIN PLACE, when He ceased, one of his disciples said unto Him, Lord, teach us to pray…” (Luke 11:1).

First off, we see that Jesus was praying in a CERTAIN place. Isn’t it funny how sometimes a seemingly unimportant word in the Scripture just jumps out at you? He was NOT praying in an UNCERTAIN place, He was praying in a CERTAIN place. How many times have you felt like you were praying in an UNCERTAIN place, like your prayer was just a last-ditch effort filled with weakness and uncertainty?

As we “wait upon” the Lord in fasting and prayer, we are bound and woven together with His divine DNA (partakers of His divine nature). His DNA is the blueprint, the code needed to construct the components of His purpose being accomplished in the earth and in our very lives. His DNA spells out the Words we “read” by the Spirit, as we decode the instruction. Contained within those Words are the very substance and power to bring those Words to pass! Being woven together with His divine DNA is the place of certainty in this hour of prayer!

Of course we know that DNA appears as a double helix twisting together. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. DNA is often compared to a set of blueprints, or a recipe, or a code, since it contains the instructions needed to construct other components of cells. DNA is made of a sequence of simple units, with the order of these units spelling out instructions in the genetic code. This is similar to the order of letters spelling out words. The organism “reads” the sequence of these units and decodes the instruction.

I believe there is a certain place in prayer we must tap into, a place of CERTAINTY and authority! A CERTAIN place in prayer is a place filled with unfolding destiny and expectation of answered prayer. “I ANSWERED thee in the secret place of thunder… Selah.” (Psalms 81:7) I believe that the CERTAIN place in prayer, the place of ANSWERED prayer IS the “secret place of thunder.” It is a SECRET place, it is a place of intense intimacy where we are bound together, woven together with the Lord, a place of being “naked and not ashamed” before the Lover of our soul.

“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.” (Matthew 6:6).

The place He is to be found is a SECRET place. We are also instructed to enter into our closet. The word translated as closet is tameion in Greek. Its’ meanings include: a storage chamber, storeroom, a chamber- especially an inner chamber, a secret room. Friend, there is a storage chamber, a storeroom filled with the purpose and blessing of God that is waiting for us to enter into by God’s mercy (His blood) and grace.

I believe that every time we access this storeroom by prayer it is automatically filled up again with a never ceasing supply! It is especially an INNER chamber, and like the verse says, as we enter we must “shut our door” to all outside and circumstantial influences. I believe that if we do not “shut our door” to circumstantial influences, when we access this storeroom by prayer, we could end up “praying” from a mindset of fear or self-interests. It is time to “shut our door” of discouragement from circumstantial influences and open the “inner storehouse” of Father’s divine intention towards all difficulties!

I believe that the place of answered prayer is the “secret place of THUNDER.” In Biblical symbolism, thunder speaks of mysteries that can only be discerned in hearing the “higher frequencies” of the Voice of the Lord as He whispers “secrets” in our ears.

“Then came there a VOICE from heaven… The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel SPAKE to him.” (John 12:28-29).

Here we have two groups of people who apparently heard the same sound. However, it would seem that some heard a voice- the distinction of words- and some just heard thunder- an indecipherable rumbling. Some had “ears to hear,” some were “dull of hearing.” Even today, not all have ears to hear. Some just hear the thunder as an indecipherable rumbling… Some hear the Thunder as the Voice of the Lord. Our prayers must become that which sustains us through the glorious year because we can discern His true voice. It is as necessary as our breath… in fact it (our prayer) IS our breath, because HE (Jesus who ever lives to make intercession for us) is our breath.

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