Heavenly Jewels

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,

my soul shall exult in my God;

for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, 

he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,

as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

                                            — Isaiah 61:10

I asked the Lord why He would show me things from His word that, as far as I know, He hasn't shown anyone else. Some of these things have been beyond my ken.

He immediately gave me, not a vision, but an image, of a hand coming down holding a jewel with my name inscribed on it. It was like no other jewel. He made me understand that I can have an entire treasure chest full of all different jewels. The treasure chest is a book where I write down what He has shown me. A written record helps me to remember what He has told me and also allows me to remove a jewel from the treasure chest and show it to others so that He is praised and admired for His wisdom and love.

Because of the vastness of His Being, every one of his children from all ages can have their own treasure chest full of gems and no two will be alike. I am hoping this knowledge encourages you to start your own chest of jewels from His hand.

• And I will give a white stone, with a new name written on the stone which no one knows except him who receives it. — Revelations 2:17b

• But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. — John 21:25

• Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. — Psalm 119:18

• In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. — Colossians 2:3

We praise Thee for the radiance

That from the hallowed page,

A lantern to our footsteps,

Shines on from age to age.

It is the golden casket

Where gems of truth are stored;

It is the heavenly-drawn picture

Of Christ, the living Word.

               — Herbert Lockyer

But all who, for themselves, will prayerfully search, will find the scriptures testifying to their own divine original, and will reap the reward of the explorer who, from new paths of investigation and discovery, brings new trophies; or of the miner who digs up new nuggets of gold, or gems. Here are to be found ever new truths, precious stones of beauty and radiance surpassing the gold of ophir, the precious onyx and the sapphire. "Knowing the Scriptures: Rules and Methods of Bible Study" 

                                                                                        — Arthur T. Pierson.