Apostolic Perspective: Unlocking the Hidden Riches of God Through Revelation and Obedience

There are moments in the believer’s walk when God interrupts our plans, not to confuse us, but to redirect us toward something deeper. This past weekend, during the Perspectives of the Apostolic, we revisit powerful truths surrounding apostolic ministry, biblical economics, spiritual revelation, and the role of sent ones in the Body of Christ.

The message is both timely and piercing: God has hidden treasures in His Word, and those treasures are revealed through the Holy Spirit, the Scriptures, and the ministry of those He sends.

The Secret Things Belong to the Lord, Until They Are Revealed

The foundation of the message begins in Deuteronomy 29:29:

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever.” 

This scripture reminds us that God’s Word contains mysteries. Truths that are not hidden from us, but hidden for us. These truths become ours when they are revealed by the Spirit and embraced in faith.

Too often, believers live beneath what God has already made available simply because they do not know what has been given to them. Just as natural laws can only benefit us when we understand and apply them, spiritual laws must be discovered, believed, and acted upon.

Revelation is not automatic. It is cultivated through intimacy with God, meditation in His Word, and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit and Sent Ones: God’s Method for Opening Blind Eyes

One of the central themes of the message is that spiritual blindness is removed through the preaching and unveiling of the Word. John 9 and Luke 24, highlights how Jesus opened blind eyes not merely through miracles, but through revelation. On the road to Emmaus, Jesus opened the Scriptures before He opened the disciples’ eyes. Their natural sight was not the issue, their spiritual perception was.

This is where apostolic and fivefold ministry becomes essential. According to Ephesians 3, Paul explains that grace was given to him to preach the mystery of Christ so that others may see.

The purpose of sent ones: apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers, is not simply to inspire, but to illuminate. God uses these grace-gifted voices to reveal the mysteries hidden in His Word and bring the Body of Christ into understanding.

This is a sobering reminder in an age flooded with content: while digital access is abundant, we must not lose the value of present, God-sent ministry. The Lord still uses sent ones as pools of washing. Places where blindness is removed, perception is sharpened, and the eyes of our understanding are enlightened.

Biblical Economics Is a Matter of Revelation, Not Religion

A major portion of the message revisits the subject of biblical economics and giving. But this is not a call to legalistic generosity - It is a call to revelatory obedience.

The Word makes it clear that giving is not primarily about money, it is about the Word. When a believer gives according to divine instruction, they are not merely transferring resources, they are applying God’s Word in faith. And when the Word is applied, it produces results.

This reframes everything.

Giving is not about doing God a favor, nor is it about meeting a preacher’s needs. It is about aligning with a spiritual principle that God has established. The power is not in the amount, it is in the obedience.

The Word is what activates the return. When we understand this, giving becomes less about pressure and more about partnership with divine law.

Why God Uses the Poor to Teach Us About Giving

One of the most striking insights in the message is this: God often uses poor people in Scripture to teach the principles of giving. That truth confronts human logic.

From the widow of Zarephath in 1 Kings 17 to the poor widow with two mites in Mark 12, God repeatedly chooses those with little to demonstrate the power of obedience and the grace of generosity.

If He only used the wealthy, we could easily dismiss the lesson by saying, “Of course they could give, they had more.” But by using the poor, God proves that giving is not rooted in abundance of resources, but in revelation of truth.

The widow at the treasury gave “more” than all the rich. Not because of the monetary value, but because of the measure of sacrifice and faith involved. Heaven does not assess giving the way earth does. God sees beyond the number, He sees the heart, the cost, and the obedience behind the act.

This is a powerful encouragement to every believer who feels their offering is too small to matter. In the Kingdom, it is not about how much is in your hand, it is about what is in your heart and whether you are willing to act on the Word.

Grace to Give Comes Through Receiving the Word

Perhaps one of the most important clarifications in the message comes from 2 Corinthians 8 and 1 Thessalonians 1.

The grace that empowered the Macedonian churches to give generously in deep poverty did not fall on them randomly. It was not an arbitrary spiritual upgrade. It came because they received the Word in much affliction.

That is the key.

While many believers withdraw from the Word when trials come, the Macedonian church leaned into it. In their suffering, they received the Word with joy. In their poverty, they embraced revelation. And as they did, grace clothed them. That grace then became visible in the way they lived. joy in affliction, liberality in lack, abundance in adversity.

This is how grace works. It comes through truth received, embraced, and embodied. As 2 Peter says, grace is multiplied through the knowledge of Christ.

The Word is not merely information, it is the carrier of divine empowerment. When the Word becomes flesh in our lives, grace is no longer invisible - it can be seen.

Your Environment Does Not Have the Final Say

This is a crucial apostolic perspective for the Church today:

the environment does not determine whether God’s Word can be fulfilled. 

God does.

Economic pressure, social instability, and natural limitations do not cancel divine promise. If God has spoken, then His Word carries the grace to sustain, provide, and increase, even in famine. Faith is not denial of reality, it is allegiance to a higher reality.

The Word around Perspectives of the Apostolic is more than a teaching on giving. It is a call to deeper spiritual perception. It urges believers to search out the mysteries of God, honor the role of sent ones, receive the Word in times of affliction, and trust that revelation - not circumstance - determines Kingdom living.

God is still speaking. His Word still contains hidden riches. And through the Holy Spirit, through the Scriptures, and through the voices He has sent, He is still opening blind eyes.

The question is not whether the secret is there.

The question is: Will we search it out, receive it, and live by it?

Check out the full session here.