Solomon's Treasure

King Solomon was a very wise man. Rich too. He was SO rich that he left some of his treasure for us to find in his writings. See if you can find it with these clues he left behind.

I stumbled across one Solomon's treasures in my reading this week. After I read this prayer of his, something was revealed to me. A secret? No. You can find it too, if you think about it. Here are all the clues you will need. Can you find the treasure? They are hidden in Solomon's prayer to God.

“When they sin against You (for there is no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them captive to a land far or near; 37 yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have committed wickedness’; 38 and when they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been carried captive, and pray toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and toward the temple which I have built for Your name: 39 then hear from heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You. 40 Now, my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and let Your ears be attentive to the prayer made in this place." - 2 Chronicles 6:36-40

Did you find the clues? The treasure is hidden in the words themselves. Do any of these words sound familiar? They should. It's the Gospel! The Good News! Add a little Jesus and there you have it!

Verse 36 - We all sin.
Verse 37 - We must come to ourselves and repent.
Verse 38 - We must return to God with our whole heart and soul.
Verse 39 - We must ask for forgiveness.

This is the treasure that awaits us all in God's answer to Solomon.

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chronicles 7:14

Your treasure awaits you. All you have to do is place your faith in God's Son, Jesus. If you do that one thing there will be no more sorrow, no more pain, only joy. And all that will last forever. It will never run out. Isn't that worth everything?

Listen to the bridge in the following song. Sound familiar?

What If His People Prayed - Casting Crowns