Years ago, the Lord illumined this Scripture verse to me:"I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, (Isaiah 45:3 NKJV). Over the years, I have often asked myself, "What are these treasures that God wants to give?" Most of us think of treasures in terms of money, expensive jewelry, new cars, lavish homes, and other extravagant material things. Yet many who have these riches are still unsatisfied and striving for more and more.

Isaiah prophesied about a Persian pagan king named Cyrus. God gave Cyrus an extraordinary amount of gold and silver. These abundant treasures testified that Jehovah called him by name. Cyrus was handpicked and prepared by God, to tell the world about the one and only true God, as well as to free God's people from seventy years of Babylonian captivity. God told Isaiah that He would use Cyrus to fulfill His righteous purpose and that He would guide all of Cyrus's actions. The Lord chose King Cyrus to do His will, he was God's anointed, and obeyed the His instructions.

DEEP TREASURES INSIDE

For Cyrus, the buried gold and silver treasure gave him a revelation that Jehovah was the one and only true God. For us, we must be hidden in Christ so that He can refine us like gold. As a result, we discover that our treasures and riches are in Him and Him alone. We need this revelation: these treasures are hidden in darkness until they are brought to light.

The Father of lights gives us every perfect gift and every good thing (James 1:17). He has placed special treasures and riches deep inside each Christian, yet many become weighed down during their trials and times of testing. The treasures and riches that God has predestined for us become buried by the dark stormy days that overshadow our souls.

The Lord's desire is to set us free and restore us by shining His light upon the dark areas of our past and or current situations and circumstances. This in turn will extract the treasures and riches of Jesus that are inside of us.

We are in a crucial hour In our history; the end of time is upon us and we must be prepared. He uses our trials and times of testing to make us into mighty, radical glory carriers. We must yield to what He is doing in us so He can position us to be launched into the harvest as well as be a prepared people to receive the multitude that are coming into our churches.

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