[Songs in the Night - July 11]
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places. Isaiah 45:3
WE MUST come into Christ, as members of his
body, the true church, by sacrifice, before we can have
the opportunity of even searching for these hidden
treasures, or of finding any of them.
And then, as we
progress faithfully in our sacrificial service as priests,
walking in the footsteps of the great High Priest, we
find more and more of these true "riches of grace" day
by day and year by year as we progress....The apostle
declares that these treasures of wisdom and
grace—knowledge of divine good things in reservation, and
the fellowship with God which permits us to anticipate
and enjoy those blessings in a measure now—are all
hidden in Christ, "in whom are hid all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge." Z'01-55 R2762:4 (Hymn 221)