PTMC, we’ve walked through Part 1 The Same God Will Do It Again
And Part 2 The Same God Will Do It Again: Trouble’s Don’t Last Always
But today, I want to go a little bit deeper.
Because sometimes the miracle that we are looking for isn’t in the moments that we look for them in.
Sometimes the miracle are in the darkness before the moment.
Somebody shout: He still works in the dark.
Isaiah 45:3 says: 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.
I haven’t heard many people preach from this scripture, but yet it carries a deep prophetic revelation.
God tells Cyrus, I will give you treasures of darkness.
That means that there are some blessings God intentionally hides, until we reach a certain season.
There are miracles that don’t show up in daylight, on the clarities of our life, they show up when things look unclear.
In other words, there are breakthroughs we don’t find on the mountaintop, but they show up in the midnight hour.
God says He hides things on purpose so we’ll know it was Him, and not our own strength.
Here it is: Some of our darkest seasons are holding some the treasure that is meant to elevate us.
The darkness wasn’t punishment, it was protection.
The hidden place wasn’t abandonment, it was preparation.
Somebody shout: there are treasure in this.
I believe that God does some of his best work when we can’t see what he’s doing.
God created the world in the dark.
Jesus was resurrected in the dark.
Paul and Silas praised Him at midnight.
And there are some of our miracles that start before we ever see them forming.
When we are saying, Lord, I don’t see You in this, God is saying, but I’m still working in it.
When we cry out, Lord, I can’t trace Your hand, God whispers back, but My fingerprints are all over this.
When we say, God, this season doesn’t make any sense,
He answers, that’s because I’m arranging what you can’t comprehend yet.
When our prayer sounds like they hitting the ceiling and we ask the Lord, Lord, where are You? God responds, I’m work the quietest in the moments where I’m doing the most.
When our heart says, God, I feel lost in this darkness, He declares, I do My greatest miracles in places where your eyes can’t see, but I need you trust My sovereignty, trust my supremacy, my authority, trust my divine reign, in other words, trust me and not your sight.
Understand that darkness is not the absence of God, it’s the arena of God.
It is this type of arena of God, where He steps in, shows up, and proves that He is still in control.
Darkness is not where God disappears; it is where God demonstrates. It is the arena where His power becomes undeniable and His presence undeniable, irrefutable, and unmistakable.
We must never mistake darkness for God’s distance. Darkness is the arena of God — the stage upon which He performs His greatest miracles and reveals His deepest glory.
In darkness God is, shaping faith, producing strength, and unveiling purpose.
And I know that we associate darkness with fear, confusion, and loneliness.
But spiritually, darkness is simply a place where God hasn’t revealed the finished product yet.
It’s like a seed in soil.
It’s like a baby in the womb.
It’s like Jesus in the tomb.
And just because we are surrounded by troubles doesn’t mean that we are re forsaken.
What God hides , He intends to reveal.
The scripture says treasures of darkness which means value, purpose, identity, strength, wisdom, are locked up in places we didn’t want to go.
We thought we were losing, but in reality, God was leading.
We thought we were breaking, but God was building.
Some people might think that the darkness means it’s over, but God meant I’m about to unveil something new.
So, when I can’t trace Him, I still can trust Him.
When I can’t feel Him, I must believe that He’s still working.
When it looks dark and dreary, we need to believe that there are some treasure in it.
Because here it is, what God started, He will finish.
If God initiated it, Heaven is obligated to complete it.
What God sets in motion, no force on earth can stop it from reaching completion.
I’m reminded of a story about a sculptor who bought a large, ugly, rough block of granite.
Everyone laughed at him and asked him, why are you spending so much money on something that looks so worthless?
He looked at them and smiled and said, I know that y’all can’t see it, but I bought it because I see what’s inside that stone.
So, I heard that He took it home, and put it in a dim, poorly lit workshop.
And for months, people walked past the building and never saw anything happening.
But on the inside, in that dim room, in that dusty, dark space, a masterpiece was being carved.
One day he rolled out a flawless statue. The people gasped and said, where did that come from?
He said, It was in the dark the whole time. I just had to reveal it.
And PTMC may I tell you that God is carving something in you right now.
I know that some might feel like they are in a dim season.
You may feel like life is unpresidential, unappreciated, or unsure.
But the Master Sculptor (GOD) is shaping you in the dark, so He can reveal His glory in the light.
So, Isaiah 45:3 reveals a powerful truth: God often places His greatest blessings, his revelations, and his breakthroughs in the very places we least expect—in dark seasons, hidden moments, and secret places.
The treasures of darkness” means there are benefits, wisdom, strength, and purpose that you only discover when you walk through situations that feel uncertain, uncomfortable, or unclear.
God uses these dark places to reveal what could only be learned when the lights are off.
The hidden riches represent divine resources, spiritual maturity, and supernatural provision that are uncovered in the struggles.
God gives us these riches intentionally so you will know it was Him. He says, “that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name meaning the miracle that comes out of the darkness is personalized.
Someone help me preach: He still works in the dark.
So, I declare over your life:
Your dark season is not your final season.
What God hid in you is about to emerge.
What you thought was over is about to overflow.
The same God who did it before, is working behind the scenes right now.
I believe that joy is coming.
I believe that breakthrough is forming.
I believe that His Glory is rising.
And that treasures are being uncovered.
Because even in our darkest moment, God has treasure for you, and he has one for me.
If you need strength. God’s got it.
If you need clarity. God’s got it.
If you need God to work where you cannot see, just leave it in the hands of the Lord. Because God’s got it.
Start believing that the same God that did it before, he is, I said he is, still works in the dark.
