Summer
1985
The Treasure of God
Diane Dew
There are those who have entered the very chambers of His
holiness and touched the heart of God. They have walked with
Him (Genesis 5:24), talked with Him (Exodus 19:19), and heard
His voice (Genesis 15:1). Some have even spoken with Him “face
to face” (Exodus 33:11). They were changed men, never
again the same.
The man who responds to the call of God’s heart will
hear from heaven and enter into God’s purposes for the
closing days of this age. It is not to the mighty or the strong
that God will entrust His treasures, but to those who will
seek “the hidden riches of secret places” (Isaiah
45:3). God is looking for those who will not be satisfied
with the blessing, but will ever long for the inner courts
of the Most High. He seeks a people who, like David, will
determine in their hearts not to “come into the tabernacle
of my house, not go up into my bed; I will not give sleep
to mine eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place
for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob”
(Psalms 132:3-5).
God seeks seekers. “For the eyes of the Lord run to
and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong
in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him”
(II Chronicles 16:9). “God looked down from heaven upon
the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand,
that did seek God” (Psalms 53:2). He is searching for
those who will heed the call to “come up” and
not delay.
God told the sons of Zadok, who kept the sanctuary that their
ministry to Him would be their inheritance. He said that they
were not to be given any possession in Israel, for “I
am their possession” (Ezekiel 44:28). Theirs was a special
service, for they ministered to God. It is difficult for us
to understand that God should require the ministry of a man.
But we have been made in His image, with the capacity for
fellowship with Him. “They shall come near to Me to
minister unto Me, and they shall stand before Me to minister
unto Me . . . they shall enter into My sanctuary and they
shall come near to My table, to minister unto Me (Ezekiel
44:15-16).
God searches today for those who will make Him their single
desire, and who will say with David that “the Lord is
the portion of mine inheritance” (Psalms 16:5). These
will be His special possession, for “the Lord hath chosen
Jacob unto Himself, and Israel for His peculiar treasure”
(Psalms 135:4).
Jesus told His disciples to “sell all” for “a
Treasure in the heavens that faileth not . . . for where your
treasure is, there will your heart be also” (Luke 12:33,
34). These people will find God Himself as their treasure
unto Him. “And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of
hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels” (Malachi
3:17). “And the Lord their God shall save them in that
day as the flock of His people: for they shall be as the stones
of a crown, lifted up as an emblem upon His land” (Zechariah
9:16).