The Treasure is Found in the Trouble

In 1998 a devastating storm hit the small country of Guatemala that killed thousands of people and touched off floods and landslides. This was a horrific tragedy. However there is a silver lining to this story.

Recently scientist began to notice that a large number of Jade stones began to show up in shops. They began to investigate and found that this very storm had caused these veins of rare treasure to be exposed and some washing into riverbeds to be found by people beside the rivers. On further examination they have found large deposits of this rare and valuable stone.

The Incan people valued this above that than even Gold. However until this storm no one could ever find the source of all the artifacts and treasures excavated. Jade is produced much like diamonds are, they arise deep inside the earth as rocks are cooked at pressures so great that their basic characteristics change. Geologic action lifts them to the surface. Jade catches the eye with it's astonishing Range of colors, Red, Blue, Brown, Blue Green, Emerald Green, dark green and blackish.

Can I tell you that your storm are going to expose the treasure that is in you. Storms come to the foolish and the wise, however in this foundation of faith, in the Rock, you will find there are treasures that only come to light following the darkest night. One of the Government officials commented that this discovery exposed and discovered the Jewel of their national heritage. The product of the Storm is more than Trouble, but Treasure.

Discovery does not produce anything. It is hard to appreciate what has not been discovered. It may be there all the time, but it is not been seen or known. Storms are natural phenomenon that we all endure, however we must realize that trouble always is followed by treasure.

Treasure. If you are going through a storm and have not yet discovered that treasure, be encouraged, with every wind that blows, and every rain drop that falls, it is uncovering and revealing something that was always there.

God said of Job, "And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?" Job 1:8

The deep seated suspicions of all those around job surfaced in his trial, but in the end they saw what Job had always been. Job served as a testimony to the world that Character and Integrity are commodities of unspeakable value that don't change in trouble, but are revealed in it.

Get ready to start prospecting for your Promise, when the storm is passed, you will be able to see something of unspeakable value.

Treasure is found in Trouble,

In Him, By Him, Through Him,

Scott Phillips
www.inbythroughhim.blogspot.com