My God the rock in whom i take refuge

"The little world within is, like the great world without, full of confusion and strife; but when Jesus enters it, and whispers "Peace be unto you," there is a calm, yea, a rapture of bliss. Let us turn away from the mournful contemplation of the oppression of man and the present predominance of the wicked, to that sanctuary of pure rest which is found in the God of all comfort."

I like it that Spurgeon terms the secret place "the little world within." It was a turning point in my walk with God when I really began to understand what He meant by the kingdom of God being within me. Why it was ever so difficult to grasp, or why I'd just never really thought about it I don't know. But I remember reading Madame Guyon and, in her motherly way of instruction, having her lovingly point out to me that God was as close to me as the very beating of my heart because He lives as King of His kingdom inside of me. That was a new page in my private times with God. No longer did He seem so distant when I prayed, because now I understood Him to be "abiding in me" and not just floating around in some far away heaven. Jesus was called "God with us" when He came to earth, and because He sent His Spirit when He left, He continues to be "God with us." That's why He could promise us "I will never leave you." What a sacred place, a holy of holies, this "little world within."