Glimpses of God
The Hidden Word
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou
shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalm 51:6
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So
that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then
shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk
uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his
saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea,
every good path.
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a
man is hidden. Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among
this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise
men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. And I
will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places,
that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God
of Israel.
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee
new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them.
He who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth;
and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the
former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast
revealed them unto babes.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which
when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that
he hath, and buyeth that field. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory. To
make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning
of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. Even
the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made
manifest to his saints: In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge.
Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are
otherwise cannot be hid.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To
him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a
white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he
that receiveth it.
Glimpses of God © by Joyce C. Lock