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RUSSELL SANDERS
9-23-2022
THE SECRET OF THE SNOW
In Job 38 God is finally answering Job. He questions Job about knowledge. Does Job know all that God knows? God brings into question the mysteries of all His creation. Today I wish to discuss just one of them…the snow.
In Job 38:22-23 God says to Job, “Hast thou entered into the (secret) treasures of the snow? …which I have reserved against the time of trouble…?”
In the natural, snow falls in the valley and upon the high mountains alike. As summer comes, the snow of the valley melts, but the snow remains on the high mountain, and it slowly melts into streams that flow down to water the valley during the summer heat. (I have personally seen snowbanks in July in the Cascade Mountains out West.) How does the “secret (treasures) of the snow” relate to us spiritually?
Remember now, that in the spiritual realm, there is no such thing as “time.” The prayers that we send up to God’s throne are kept there until God in His timeless wisdom knows when the answers need to be released. Our prayers are “banked” in heaven like the snowbanks on the highest mountains. When we are struggling in a dry valley of our life, God releases the answers to our prayers to “water us” in our time of need. Our prayers are as “the treasures of the snow” (vs. 22.) which returns to us. This is the “secret of the snow.”
This is especially true as we “log” many hours of praying in tongues. We do not know what exactly our praying is about, but God knows what is coming ahead of us, according to our earthly timing. Holy Spirit knows just what prayers to send up by our own tongue in a heavenly language we do not know. Many hours of spiritual prayer (in tongues) may go up month after month, even years’ worth of prayers.
Then, when we are going through challenging times, those “banked” prayers are remembered by Him and He “waters” us according to these prayers …even when we feel like we can no longer pray. The “snow treasures” of our prayers are released to us. The “secret of the snow” is the treasures of "snow” stored up until a time of need.
You can never pray too much, whether in your “heart” language (plain English or your natural language) or your “heavenly” language (tongues). The tongues are especially important because by God, the Holy Spirit, you are praying far beyond your natural knowledge. Only Holy Spirit knows how to pray for all things that may affect you or your loved ones.
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