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Victoria
Boyson: "AN APOSTOLIC GENERATION EMERGES--THE TREASURE HUNTERS"
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an apostolic generation emerges, we will see in them a people who are driven to
recover and release the destiny of others. They will look past obvious
weaknesses in those they discover to find priceless treasures.
The apostolic man or woman, tirelessly searches through the refuse of the devil,
to discover those the enemy has abused and entangled in sin, and knows hidden
treasures are awaiting him. He possesses the heart and mind of Christ and views
people through the eyes of redemption. He is a treasure hunter and views the
world quite differently than most. He does not look for treasure in the
storehouses of palaces, but in those who have been discarded and abandoned by
the enemy.
Fields of Treasure
True treasure, in the hunter's eyes, is that which is discovered in the
forgotten fields, where the unkempt grass has grown and masks the treasures
hidden in it. Others, who were more concerned with getting to their destination
than helping their brothers, have passed by this forgotten field without giving
it a second glance. Those who passed by, inevitably missed some of the greatest
treasures God could have bestowed upon the body of Christ.
Seeking to become the embodiment of Christ, the treasure hunter looks for the
great among the lowly and meek. It is the greatness of Christ in the treasure
hunter that enables him to recognize the greatness in others. With patience
unmatched, he listens to one heart-wrenching story of neglect and abuse after
another, each more disparaging than the last. With the precision of a diamond
cutter, he dissolves the wounds of the past with the compassion of the cross.
One after another these forgotten treasures are restored; given dignity and a
position in the family of God. The treasure hunter's esteem for them, gives them
a sense of value that they have not known before. These forgotten treasures are
able now (through the esteem of the treasure hunter), to receive the love and
forgiveness of a Heavenly Father they had not known, and thus, they gladly
become loyal servants to the Lamb.
Through the gift of appreciation, the treasure hunter has revealed their value.
Now others, who before, did not understand forgotten treasures, give way to the
estimation of the treasure hunter. Others open their hearts and receive the
hunter's newly found treasure, and welcome the forgotten into their trust, as
they themselves were once the object of the hunter's search.
With his God-given authority, the treasure hunter has raised the value of his
brother. This once forgotten treasure can now take up his rightful position in
the army of the Lamb.
The Army of the Lamb
A deeper look into the life of the treasure hunter shows us he has surrounded
himself with treasures that others have deemed unworthy. Yet, these unworthy,
broken people have banded together under the guidance of the treasure hunter to
form a powerful army.
What a frightful sight the forgotten treasures have suddenly become to the
enemy! Those he has beaten and abused--those he has thrown out and treated with
contempt, have come back to haunt him. Satan sees before him, an unstoppable
force made up of his discarded refuse!
Satan thought he had destroyed them, reducing their value through bondage to
sin. But now he sees them standing before him, bold and stouthearted,
under-girded by the evaluation of the treasure hunter and the love of Heaven.
This army is consumed by their goal--to alight upon their enemy, and
dismantle the kingdoms of darkness, to retrieve those caught in satan's webs of
delusion.
The New Enemy-Seeking Warriors
This great army is outfitted with weapons made from satan's own handiwork. Every
bondage and bruise satan has inflicted on them, every episode of painful
rejection and humiliation, has been turned into a powerful weapon aimed at his
chest.
The enemy anguishes when he realizes what he has done. He has not reduced
this treasure to trash, but he himself, through his evil efforts to rob, kill,
and destroy, has created his own worst nightmare--redeemed souls bent on his
destruction.
One-by-one satan looks at their familiar faces and he sees the broken marriages,
the deaths, the lost dreams, and the defeats of sexual immorality. The weapons
he used to inflict pain on them, in an attempt to destroy their destiny, have
been turned on him (Romans 8:28). These
weapons are even more powerful than before, because they have become a part of
this new army's destiny, and have been enveloped by the mercy of the Lamb.
Satan knows that these "enemy-seeking warriors," are not naive as they once
were, but now they know how he operates. They have learned a lot from their
failures and the enemy knows they will use that knowledge to destroy him.
These great warriors will not be beguiled by selfish ambition and pride. They
have walked through the fire of affliction and shine with the radiance of
Heaven. Their strength lies not in themselves, but in their love for one
another. They esteem their brothers as better than themselves and would
surrender their lives for them if necessary.
They are fearless, because they have suffered all that hell has thrown at
them, yet they have endured it. Furthermore, they live not for themselves, but
for the Kingdom of Heaven and the Lamb. They are passionately devoted to their
King and will give their all to build up His kingdom.
In one glance, satan has seen that those he has tried to destroy...will
destroy him.
He cannot convince them to hate themselves anymore as he once did, because they
have received their righteousness through the life-giving blood of the Lamb.
Satan has nothing left to throw at them, because these warriors have become
familiar with his ways and will use that knowledge against him...he is
terrified.
He
recognizes that his time is close--that these whom he has tried to destroy, have
now been raised up and given a higher level of authority in the spirit, because
of the abuse they have endured. By his own enticement, the enemy has trained
them. With his own destruction and rejection, he has armed them.
Satan knows better than anyone else, as he looks into an endless sea of faces of
people he has tried to devour, that--as he sought to dethrone the beloved of the
Father from their place in His heart--as he sought, with hateful jealousy, the
destruction of the apple of God's eye--he has sealed his own fate.
The souls satan yearned to destroy have now become unstoppable warriors!
United in Christ
This mighty army of warriors is the united body of
Christ. Armored in selfless love for one another, they no longer stumble over
each other as they once did--they refuse to "break rank." They esteem the
compassionate and apostolic leadership of the treasure hunter, and wait for instructions from him. They look
to him in anticipation for the command to attack--to be released to fulfill
their destiny.
As the treasure hunter leads an army of unwanted, unvalued, yet priceless
treasures rescued from the rubble, he lowers his sword and points it directly at
the enemy, and unleashes what hell has feared. With one word they are dispatched
to plunder the kingdoms of darkness.
As they invade the realms of darkness, they retrieve countless souls once deemed
as useless and as hopeless as they themselves were once thought to be. They
trample the enemy under foot, overwhelming him. He can give little defense.
The enemy of the Lamb crumbles in defeat; the work of his life is stolen in a
moment. The kingdom of darkness is raided, and more hidden treasure is recovered
and sent to the fields of grace...Heaven on earth...the church, where newly
trained treasure hunters await their arrival.
Having defeated their fallen foe, the warriors stand and look towards Heaven
and in unison they cry, "FOR THE KINGDOM OF Heaven AND THE LAMB!"
Victoria Boyson
Speaking Life Ministries
www.boyson.org
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Victoria Boyson's Upcoming Itinerary:
October 13-14, 2006
Women's Conference
River of Life
3801 Blairs Ferry Rd.; Cedar Rapids, IA
Contact: 319-393-3709
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