The Keys to the Treasure House

UV 3409/10000 The Keys to the Treasure House

The Lord shall open for you His good treasure house, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

Deuteronomy 28 v 12

The Lord’s treasure house is unlimited, infinite and beyond our imagination. All the gold and silver of the earth belongs to Him. He opens His hand of blessing upon His children, those who know and serve Him. He gives us the rain in season and also, the latter rain, meaning the blessings of the later years of our lives. He also blesses all the work of our hands. He is diligent and He expects us to be diligent, determined, devoted and disciplined. If we reflect these qualities of His in our work and lives, nothing and no one can stop us.

Indebtedness or borrowing beyond our capacity to repay is a curse and those who believe, trust and obey the Lord and His word will not borrow in this way. We will have no lack and all our needs would be met. The Lord is a generous provider and He will indeed open His treasure house to bless us abundantly and generously. We in turn are expected to give, lend and help the needy who approach us for help. A man who once enjoyed immense power and prestige is now languishing in jail for his corrupt deeds. Such people are tail leaders or leaders whose vision, values, passion and motivation are at the fag end. They do not truly know themselves or love themselves for they have caused greatest harm to their own names and families. In contrast, the little or more that the devout and sincere have will be blessed and sufficient for their need. Nothing is too little for the Lord to bless as He blessed the five loaves and seven small fish and multiplied it, He can multiply our small resources many times over in ways we cannot foresee.

The lesson I have learnt in a life of faith balanced with reason over four decades is that I should not believe in my own wisdom or even the wisdom of other finite human beings like me. I need to depend on the infinite wisdom and resources of the Lord. He makes possible the impossible. His plans are to prosper our souls and our minds and our bodies, not to harm these. The promise verses like the uni-verse above are the virtual keys to His treasure house that He places in our hands to use as often as we like and as often as we need. When He does place His treasure in our hands, our hearts should continue to belong to the Lord and not lie with the blessings He gives us. This will happen if we set much greater store with the invisible, intangible, spiritual, heavenly blessings He has bestowed us more than the physical, tangible, visible treasures He has endowed us with. We need to treasure our personal relationship with the Lord more than the blessings we obtain through it.