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Today we will read Matthew 6:6 which says, “But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

Leave it to Jesus to say a thing perfectly. He never fails to. Here we have from Jesus, the most succinct way to seek God. And honestly the framework for how these times together are organized.

Jesus tells us to go into the private room. The closet. The inner space. Close the door, and pray. This makes sense. There’s nothing to do in a closet. It’s dark, small, alone, and free of distraction. Nothing against praying in your car, office, or on a treadmill. But there’s something about the aloneness of the inner room and removing the stimulation of our physical senses.

Why? Why is this place special? Because of God - God is secret. The greek word is “krypto” - like cryptic - mysterious - invisible. We don’t seek Him the way we seek anything else. He is a mystery sought out mysteriously. How wonderful!

For what purpose? Why seek God at all? Jesus tells us. The cryptic, mysterious, and invisible God Who sees cryptically, will reward you!

There it is again. Reward. We don’t seek God because of anything we can give Him. There’s nothing we have that isn’t His by nature. You have nothing to give - only to receive. A reward. And yet, there is a thing He doesn’t have until you give it. A relationship. God desires, mysteriously so, to have a relationship with you that you willingly enter into. And He lavishes reward and those who do.

“Mysterious God, I’m here. I want to know the secret of You. And I want the reward of You. Reward me. Let’s get to know each other.”