Isaiah 45:3[NIV] ‘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…’’

DAILY READING; 1 Corinthians 13; 2 Kings 7:3-20; Jonah 2

Yates Pool is a famous oil field in West Texas which was discovered on October 28, 1926. The oil field was owned by a man named Ira Yates.
Ira Yates’ struggles began early in life when he became an orphan at just 12 years of age. When he grew older, he married the daughter of a Methodist minister and together they began working hard to have a better life.
They were able to purchase a large 20,000 acre ranch on mortgage, to be paid off within three years. However, when the great economic depression hit America in the 1920’s, Ira Yates and his wife, suffered financial setbacks. With little money for clothes or food, their family had to live on government subsidy.
Soon Ira fell behind on his mortgage payments and the bank threatened to foreclose and take away everything he had. As Ira Yates racked his brain trying to figure out how to pay off his bills, he had an intuition to allow an oil company to test his land for oil.
Crews came and drilled an exploratory well on the ranch. To their surprise, they found that a large reservoir of oil lay beneath the property, covering an area of over 41 square miles.
This discovery instantly reversed the Yates’ fortunes. In no time they became millionaires.
In the years which followed many other wells were drilled on the Yates’ property. In 1929, five of these wells produced $133,280-worth of oil per day, which is equivalent to the incredible sum of $1,759,213.64 per day in today’s dollars. Yates’ oil Field would end up as one of the top 10 producers of oil in the United States.

Interestingly, for many years Ira Yates and his wife suffered poverty, not knowing that they were sitting on top of mammoth wealth. They could have lived and died as poor sheep ranchers, if God’s wisdom did not intervene to unveil to them their incredible riches.

God says in Isaiah 45:3[NIV] ‘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…’

When God says He will “give us the treasures of darkness and wealth stored in secret places,” it means He wants to open our eyes to things that would otherwise remain unseen, so we can claim what would otherwise remain unclaimed
God alone knows where hidden riches are on the earth.
It’s normal for people to lock their treasures in vaults and hidden chambers. God, too, has His hidden chambers and “secret places” on earth where life’s treasures are hidden.
And the Good News is that He is not trying to hide the treasures from us, rather He’s hiding them for us!
When we follow His guidance He will show us where to find oil and strike gold in life. One idea from God can catapult us to amazing heights of destiny.
Wisdom from the Holy Spirit is the key to profiting, fruitfulness and supernatural overflow in our endeavors.
Wisdom controls success and riches. Solomon who was the wisest king also became the richest king in history.
However, the wisdom we manifest depends on the level of attention we pay to the Word of God.
The Bible is God’s wisdom bank. It is the wisdom of God in print. When we are filled with the spiritual treasures of revelation and knowledge from God’s Word, the Spirit then guides us to the physical treasures on earth.
Many of us could be sitting on top of great wealth today without knowing it, but as we connect to the Holy Spirit He will grant us access to these hidden riches. It is God’s design to reveal His treasures to those that love Him and who are seeking first His Kingdom.
Because we love God, what eyes have not seen, what ears have not heard and what has not even come into the mind of men, will the Lord do for us in this season.
Certainly, this year, God will open our eyes to major discoveries that will reposition us for relevance and cause the world to celebrate us.

PRAYER: Lord, Please give me the grace to connect to Your Wisdom, so that Your foreordained plan and purpose for me, can come into full manifestation this year in Jesus Name. .
QUOTE
The treasures of God are never on the shallow end, but are always buried in the depth of God’s Word. It takes a personal discovery to get there. – WORDBITE 222