Treasure Hunt (3/7-9)

07-09 March 2015 - Treasure Hunt – Manna by Dorothy Callies

Proverbs 2:4-5 NKJV, “If you seek [wisdom] as silver, and search for her (wisdom) as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord.”

I read an article about a father, Keith Severin and his 7-year-old son, Adrien, agreed that they would spend at least 15 minutes every day that year searching together for treasure. Carlos Alcala’s article in the Sacramento Bee explained how they went out each day in every kind of weather to see what they could find.

A year later their collection of coins, golf balls, recyclable bottles and cans, and various other items had yielded more than $1,000. In the process they enjoyed many hours of companionship and fun as a father and son.

Can you imagine if we decided to spend 15 minutes a day searching for treasure in the Bible, what would we find? Solomon wrote: “If you seek [wisdom] as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. . . . Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path” (Prov. 2:4-5,9).

Growth won’t happen all at once. But gradually we’ll be changed through reading God’s Word. And think of the privilege of spending time with our heavenly Father. It begins with a willing commitment, continues with exciting discoveries, and leads to the treasure of wisdom and life. [Some of the note are from The Daily Bread, David McCasland]

Somehow this article encouraged me and reminded me how important it is to keep on “searching for wisdom.” Often we marveled about how God revealed His Word. I saw this one word, “marvel” from the scripture.  

John 5:20 KJV, “For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.” NLT, “For the Father loves the Son and tells him everything he is doing, and the Son will do far greater things than healing this man. You will be astonished at what he does.”

It is like we ‘marvel’ what we find from our ‘treasure hunt’ with His word of wisdom that we didn’t notice before. The word, marvel means to become filled with surprise. Doesn’t that sound familiar? God loves surprises! Your Heavenly Father would loves to be with you during the ‘treasure hunt’ with His Bible that has so much to offer. So let’s began the ‘treasure hunt’ with God and trust God today!

SONG: MY GOD AND I

My God and I go in the field together,

We walk and talk as good friends should and do;

We clasp our hands, our voices ring with laughter –

My God and I walk thru the meadow’s hue;

We clasp our hands, our voices ring with laughter –

My God and I walk through the meadow’s hue.

(I.B. Sergei, 100 Country Western Gospel Favorites, 1975)

[HUE=exposure of colors that allows them to be identified as red,

yellow, green, blue, or something between any two of these colors)

(ASL maybe sign ‘colors land’ or ‘land of colors’)