Key scripture – “I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name” (Isaiah 45:3).

When God takes you to a new depth of soul experience be alert to new truths and new perspectives. During these times God often leads us to amazing new discoveries and it will be a storehouse of unexpected riches for the soul.

Bible teacher F. B. Meyer once observed, “Whenever you get into a prison of circumstances, be on watch. Prisons are rare places for seeing things. It was in prison that Bunyan saw his wondrous allegory and Paul met The Lord and John looked through heaven’s open door and Joseph saw God’s mercy. God has no chance to show His mercy to some of us except when we are in some distressing sorrow. The night is the time to see the stars.”

No matter what is going on in your life you must live each day to the fullest. You can’t live in the past or in the future but live in the moment that God gives you right now. Your time of deliverance will come according to God’s schedule and that is why you need to “Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord.” (Psalm 27: 14). Meanwhile, while you are waiting on God you need to be faithful in doing what God has given you to do, and be content in the place where He has placed you.

When you go through a trial of adversity, you need to understand that God is performing radical surgery on your life. The purpose of this surgery is not to destroy you, but to give you a new heart. God is making a fundamental change in who you are and who you will be, and He will always reveal treasures from these secret places if you are willing to walk through the process patiently. Pastor, A.A. Tower said that, “God has to hurt deeply those who He is going to use greatly for the Kingdom of God”. That is why the Lord told us in Isaiah, “But forget all that- it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness.” (Isaiah 43:18).

So don’t revel in the past, or spend all your time recounting the victories of days gone by. Instead, watch closely because God is preparing something new; it’s happening now, even as You are reading this, and you’re about to see it. Living water will flow in your life where it has been dry.

Pray this – Our Precious Heavenly Father, during the trials in my life help me to remember that I have nothing to fear because, “God is with me,” “God is in control.” You are sovereign, You never over promise and You never under deliver. As I go through trials, I will not doubt, because You have made some promises and I believe them, I don’t know when the trial will end or how it will end, but You do and I trust You. I know that everything will work out for my good and Your glory. I know that You are right here with me in the midst of the trial. I will always, always, always trust in You with all my heart and I will not lean on my own understanding, and in all my ways I will submit to You. I know that You will make my crooked paths straight and show me the way to go because Your Word is a lamp to my feet that lights up each step I take like a flashlight, and a light to my path that shows me the way to go. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.