by Prisca | 10 June 2022 08:46 am06
Introduction:
In Isaiah 45:3 (NKJV), God speaks to King Cyrus of Persia through the prophet Isaiah:
“I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, who call you by your name, am the God of Israel.”
This promise was initially made to a pagan king Cyrus whom God had anointed to fulfill His divine purpose of delivering Israel from Babylonian captivity. Yet, like many Old Testament truths, this passage holds a spiritual principle that applies to believers today: God is able to bring into the light the blessings, opportunities, and people that have been hidden, delayed, or held captive by the enemy.
Biblically, the “treasures of darkness” represent:
These are not mere material gains but include deliverance, opportunities, relationships, ministries, and divine insight.
Isaiah 45:3 symbolically describes how God brings things hidden in obscurity into the light often using unexpected means. God gave Cyrus access to Babylon’s hidden treasures as a sign of His sovereignty. Similarly, God can restore and release hidden blessings to His people.
In 2 Kings 6–7, Israel was besieged by the Aramean army. The famine was so severe that people resorted to eating donkey heads and dove dung (2 Kings 6:25). The city was surrounded cut off from all supply.
But in 2 Kings 7, God supernaturally intervened. He caused the Arameans to hear the sound of a mighty army (v.6), and in terror, they fled, leaving all their supplies behind.
“For the LORD had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, ‘Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!’” 2 Kings 7:6 (NKJV)
Four lepers discovered the abandoned camp and began to plunder it. Eventually, the whole city was saved from starvation.
This miraculous event is a foreshadowing of how God can cause our enemies to relinquish what they’ve unlawfully held, and turn things around in our favor. The treasures once hidden in darkness were suddenly made available to God’s people.
The treasures of darkness in a believer’s life may be:
To reclaim what has been hidden, believers must engage in spiritual warfare not with physical weapons, but spiritual ones.
2 Corinthians 10:4–5 (NKJV):
“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”
We must understand that much of what is hidden or delayed is subject to spiritual resistance, as seen in Daniel 10, where Daniel’s prayer was delayed by demonic interference.
To engage in this battle and reclaim what is ours, we must put on the full armor of God:
“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Ephesians 6:11 (NKJV)
God has hidden riches and treasures of darkness for His people, not as a secret to keep from us, but as something to be revealed in His perfect timing and through faithful pursuit.
Just like the Israelites seized the spoils of the Arameans, so we are called to take hold of what is spiritually ours through faith, obedience, prayer, and persistence.
Joel 2:25–26 (NKJV):
“So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten… You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God.”
May we boldly pursue all that God has for us knowing that what is hidden today can be revealed tomorrow, by His power and for His glory.
Maranatha Our Lord is coming!
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