Treasure Table | What do You Notice?
“Philippians 1:6 (TPT)
6 I pray with great faith for you, because I’m fully convinced that the One who began this glorious work in you will faithfully continue the process of maturing you and will put his finishing touches to it until the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ!”
Before we begin…
Pause for just a moment. There may be someone within you who still notices glimmers. Someone who still wonders. Someone who still follows breadcrumbs. Someone who has faithfully carried more than anyone ever realized?
If Little is peeking around the corner…
I hope Little feels welcome here. The KING has never left Little alone. Even when it felt that way.
If Big is standing nearby…
Welcome. You don’t have to have the whole map today. You only need enough Light for the next faithful step.
Come with me, your Treasure Guide. Let us follow the next glimmer together.
It all began with a glimmer. Just enough Light to make me stop… and notice.
That single glimmer awakened curiosity. Curiosity invited me closer. Closer came another glimmer. Then another.
I had no idea that I was beginning a journey.
Money left footprints.
Emotions left breadcrumbs.
Relationships revealed patterns.
Life left clues.
Everywhere I looked, there were invitations to notice. Yet so often those clues seemed hidden beneath layers of:
fear…
pain…
shame…
offence…
pride…
distorted ways of seeing...
The treasure had become covered in slime. I came to call this Opposite World. The footprints were still there. The breadcrumbs were still there. The treasure was still there. The Light had never stopped shining.
I simply could not yet see what had always been true. Looking back, I believe the BlindFAITH Fold was protection.
Little—the faithful emotion steward—was never trying to keep me from the King. Little was protecting me with the understanding she had at the time. Little faithfully carried what was too heavy to understand all at once.
The King never condemned Little for that. Instead, with extraordinary patience, The Father continued the good work He had already begun. One glimmer of Light at a time.
The invitation was simply to Notice rather than perform.
Notice what Light was revealing.
A beautiful key labeled Curiosity. The key turned in the barely visible ornate lock.
Noticing became Recognition. Another key was discovered.
Recognition grew into Understanding. Another key was discovered. Understanding deepened Compassion.
Compassion made room for greater Love.
Then I realized something astonishing. The keys were also lenses!
Humility changed what I could see.
Curiosity kept me looking.
Wisdom knows what I notice.
Teachability opened my heart to receive.
Discernment helped me distinguish.
Understanding helped the pieces fit together.
Compassion softened my vision.
Identity reminded me Whose I am.
Hope lifted my eyes.
Truth anchored me.
Grace gave me room to keep growing.
Emotions faithfully reveal where another key may still be waiting to turn.
Every key… Every lock… Every lens… its own journey.
One day I stepped back.
For the first time… I noticed it had never been a single door.
Standing before me was an enormous gate.
So immense that the two eight-foot doors built in the middle at the bottom looked like splinters in comparison. Stretching across the entire width of the great gate were magnificent, ornate locks.
At first I wondered which one was the master key. Then I realized I was asking the wrong question.
Every key mattered. Each belonged to its own lock. None could do the work of another.
Then the growing Light revealed something behind the face of the gate… none of the locks stood alone.
Hidden beneath the magnificent craftsmanship was an intricate network of gears, rods, and connections.
When Humility turned… something moved
When Curiosity turned… another hidden mechanism shifted, and so on…
Teachability.
Wisdom.
Discernment.
Understanding.
Compassion.
Truth.
Grace.
Identity.
Hope.
Emotions.
Every key quietly moved something larger than itself. Every lock was connected. Yet all operated independently.
Then my eyes were drawn to the very center. There… hidden within the magnificent mechanism… was the Master Lock of the master locks.
Love.
The lock to which every other lock had always been connected. God’s Love.
Every act of humility.
Every step of curiosity.
Every breadcrumb followed through my emotions.
Every lens adjusted.
Every key turned.
...had all been quietly moving the same magnificent mechanism by God’s design.
Jesus paved the Way for all and Holy Spirit illuminates the Way, reveals the next glimmer, the next key, the next lock, the next lens, and faithfully continues the good work that began long before I noticed the first glimmer.
“Philippians 1:6 (TPT)
6 I pray with great faith for you, because I’m fully convinced that the One who began this glorious work in you will faithfully continue the process of maturing you and will put his finishing touches to it until the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ!”
Perhaps that’s why Genesis 50:20 and Romans 8:28 have become so precious to me.
What others intended for evil… God redeems.
What Opposite World covered with slime… God patiently uncovers with Light by revealing a greater story.
One glimmer.
One breadcrumb.
One footprint.
One key.
One lock.
One lens.
One invitation at a time.
Treasure Guide simply walks beside fellow travelers.
Listening.
Noticing.
Wondering.
Narrating what Holy Spirit is revealing as the Way becomes illuminated.
Sometimes Treasure Guide points toward a footprint.
Sometimes towards a breadcrumb.
Sometimes towards an ornate key hidden beneath years of slime.
Sometimes towards a lens that simply needs a little cleaning.
Sometimes Treasure Guide simply waits quietly until another glimmer catches the Light.
Always remembering…
Holy Spirit is the True Guide. Treasure Guide simply has the joy of walking beside others… pointing toward the Light… asking, “What do you notice?”
Holding up a mirror when needed. Celebrating every key that turns. Every lens that clears. Every breadcrumb that leads home.
Until fellow travelers begin to notice for themselves.
Perhaps… that is the greatest surprise of all.
The story began with a glimmer.
Faithfully following one glimmer at a time… I discovered I had been walking toward an enormous gate all along. A gate welcoming me deeper into the vastness of The Father’s KINGdom.
Welcome to the journey to the Oasis of Peace..
Journeys with God often feel surprisingly wonderful.
We see a glimmer. God sees the whole gate.
As we faithfully following one glimmer at a time, we gradually discover we have been walking into the vastness of The KINGdom all along.