God's Secret Revealed to Those Who Fear Him

The psalmist declares that "the secret of the Lord is with them that fear him." Spurgeon's contemporary, Michael Jermin, illuminates this profound truth: God shares His intimate counsel only with the righteous—those joined to Him in loving familiarity. The Almighty does not merely tolerate the godly; He loves them as His dearest friends, entrusting them with His very secrets.

Consider the weight of this honor. When a king commits his secret to a courtier, that servant gains distinction. But when God Himself—the infinite Creator—shares His hidden wisdom with a believer, that person receives incomparable glory. Saint John "dived into the bowels of the divine Word" and drew forth "sacred pith of concealed wisdom." Saint Paul declared, "We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom" (1 Corinthians 2:7-8).

Yet Jermin offers a penetrating insight: just as a tradesman who lacks the "mystery" of his craft cannot thrive, so a professed Christian without godliness's true secret remains unchanged. The person with whom God shares His secrets is not merely outwardly moral—he is "righteous in secret, where no man sees him." This hidden righteousness, this private devotion before the Almighty, marks the one with whom the secret of the Lord dwells. Such intimacy with Adonai transforms the deepest chambers of the heart.