Treasuring your Hidden Treasure
Part of Identity and Impact
August 3, 2024

Sunday Manna

Nehemiah 9:15
You gave them bread from heaven when they were hungry and water from the rock when they were thirsty. You commanded them to go and take possession of the land you have sworn to give them. NLT


Treasuring your Hidden Treasure

1 Cor 2:9
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.

The greatest challenge we have is to discover what the Lord has prepared for us despite our limitations. It is not what is in us but what we are getting out. If the treasures are hidden or buried, it is going to be useless. Open our eyes and discover the great treasures of unwritten books, songs, invention ideas, business startups and others.

1. Stop yourself

Gen 1:31
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning–the sixth day.

You have you need


1 Cor 1:7
7 Now you have every grace and blessing; every spiritual gift and power for doing his will are yours during this time of waiting for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. TLB

2. Stop yourself with others

You are a

Eph 2:10
10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. NLT


Psa 139:14
14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. NASB
Wonderful: extraordinary, surpassing, distinguishing
Fearfully: distinct, different, unique, weird


2 Cor 10:12
12 For we dare not compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. NKJV

You are called to run own race

1 Cor 9:26
26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. NLT

3. Treasure what is in you limitations

John 6:9
9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

More does not always mean better

Think inside the box

Limitations can innovation


Matt 14:18
18 “Bring them here to me,” he said.

Limitations can be your greatest

2 Cor 12:9
9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.


Neh 1:11b
I was cupbearer to the king.

Limitations can be your great

Isa 45:3-4
And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness - secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the Lord, the one who calls you by name. 4 “And why have I called you for this work? Why did I call you by name when you did not know me? It is for the sake of Jacob my servant, my chosen one. NLT


Rom 8:16-17
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs - heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ … NIV


©️ 2024 J. Yee. Reproduction permitted for non-commercial purposes but please write in request to joshua@oasisofcare.org. Quotes are taken from various sources such as ESV Study Bible, Kenneth Baker (NIV Study Bible), John Walvoord (Bible Knowledge Commentary), John Kolenberger (Expositor’s), Vernon Falls, Rick Warren, Joseph Prince, Joel Osteen, and others.


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