Treasure Hunt

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Who doesn't like a treasure hunt? I love them. When the kids were little my husband and I would hide candies and gum in the snow at the top of the mountain. In the morning, after the kids had breakfast, we would put on the winter clothes and hike up the mountain in hopes of finding the goodies hidden in the snow. Sometimes we would make a map and they would have to figure it out or we would give them clues and riddles. What fun! Both kids would be talking the whole way up wondering what was hidden this time and all the possible places the treats could be! After the exhausting walk up we would dig and search in the snow and of course the dogs would get into the fun. Snow flying everywhere and more than once a frustrated kid getting mad at the overly anxious digging dogs. They would find their treat and skip/fall/roll down the mountain all the while talking about how much fun they had and wondering what would they would find tomorrow after making the hike up.

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Did you know that our Daddy in heaven likes treasure hunts as well? If we ask Him He will give us a map, clues, riddles and then He sends us on our hunt for the treasure of His heart; people. Here is a really cool testimony from Bethel Church where I learned, from our ex-pastor, about these hunts. The testimony tells us how two Muslims and an atheist come to Christ! Praise God!

Since last night I have really felt God leading me into a treasure hunt. This is where you get together with a small group of people and have intercessory prayer asking God who it is that He wants to touch. Then you spend a bit of time, not much, writing down the first things that come into your mind. Usually you have a list with headings for: Location, Names, Appearance, Prayer Needs, The Unusual. Then you write down the very first 5-10 words that come into your mind under the separate headings. Your team then heads out to the place or places that were given and you look for people that follow the descriptions that you have on the paper. You approach the person or persons and tell them what you are doing and ask if they are interested in finding out if they are the person God has pointed you to. If they agree then you continue with prophetic prayer and God leads you into praying for these people and healing them from ailments. It really is an awesome experience to see God touch a total stranger through your obedience to a calling God places on you.

Last year my son and daughter headed out with a team and found a lady who had drifted away from Jesus when her husband had passed away exactly one year ago to the date of this event. She was mourning and on the verge of ending her life when the team found her. She cried, knowing God loved her and knew of her pain and it touched her deeply knowing He sent this team out to reach her in this time of need. They ministered to her and she gave herself to God again and promised to go back to church and seek counseling. What a amazing experience my son and daughter had knowing that God told their team about her, watching His hand in action and feeling Him in their lives.

I love doing this but I am not a social person and really have trouble speaking to people I know and now I feel the need to approach strangers. :) Friends, God is really stretching me! Usually I am in the back ground covering in prayer the people on the front lines. I feel God leading me here to the front line, so I am going to step out of my comfort zone and try to set up a treasure hunt sometime soon. Maybe you might be interested in doing something like this, if you do please let me know how it turns out.

Job 16:19-21 NIV

  Even now my witness is in heaven;

   my advocate is on high.
 My intercessor is my friend
   as my eyes pour out tears to God;
on behalf of a man he pleads with God
   as one pleads for a friend.

Blessings,
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