Don’t Tell!

 

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I saw another powerful angel come down from heaven. This one was covered with a cloud, and a rainbow was over his head. His face was like the sun, his legs were like columns of fire,  and with his hand he held a little scroll that had been unrolled. He stood there with his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

Then he shouted with a voice that sounded like a growling lion. Thunder roared seven times.

After the thunder stopped, I was about to write what it had said. But a voice from heaven shouted, “Keep it secret! Don't write these things.”

Revelation 10:1-4

Why did the angel reveal things to John and then tell him not to write them in the Book of Revelation? Why he did that and what he told John is one of those things we may find out in Heaven.

But the principle is sound. When you have a close relationship with another person there are things that you simply don't share with others. They may be things that are very personal or just simply things that would make no sense to someone who is not in that relationship.

Here is a good test of the depth of your relationship with Jesus. What has Jesus told you and then asked you not to tell anyone else? What is there that Jesus knows and you know and no one else?

I think most Christians confide in Jesus things that they tell no one else, but what has Jesus told you that He wants you to keep to yourself?

In any close friendship there are the "don't tell anyone else this" conversations. Spend time with Jesus until you hear those Words from Him. Let your prayer time include the eternal issues as well as the mundane things of today. Stay close enough to Jesus so that every thought that comes to your mind is a word that you can share with Him. Let Jesus know everything that is in your heart and He will let you know what is in His!