We ask for miracles every single day because we know he is God and we are not. He revealed himself as he moved into your darkness and changed everything. You can probably tell amazing stories of the ways God has intervened in your finances, your health, your family, or your career, just when you thought there was no hope of restoration or salvation. God is huge and powerful, and he can intervene in your darkness in ways only a transcendent God can do. “Great is our Lord and mighty in power his understanding has no limit” (Psalm 147:5 NIV). His ways are higher than your ways and his thoughts higher than your thoughts. He is transcendent, which means he’s above time, space, and matter, and his existence is not dependent on anything outside of himself. Over and over in Scripture, he says that he is the Creator, the Sustainer, the Master, the Ruler, and the Deliverer.

In this verse, God reveals himself as the Lord, the God of Israel. God gives you these treasures for two reasons.įirst, he does it so you would know that he has the power to intervene in your darkness. Like King Cyrus, who found treasures hidden in the darkness, you, too, can find treasures-hope in the unexpected places of darkness, those painful places of suffering where you would very much like not to be. He says to Cyrus, “I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches hidden 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 NIV).ĭuring his conquest, Cyrus literally found treasures that the Jews had buried as they were taken into captivity. Isaiah 45:3 (NIV) In Isaiah 45, God promised the Israelites release from bondage to Babylon and deliverance for his wayward people through a Persian king named Cyrus. “I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.”

Master of Darkness by K.T. Kaye