Treasure Map

As a kid I was fascinated by treasure maps. We would hid things in cans and then decide where to bury them. We would then draw a treasure map. Ten steps west from the barn, 15 steps east to the big tree, etc. I even helped our kids bury some treasure in our yard. The treasure usually consisted of a few coins, pictures, etc.
As a look at the dividing of the land in Joshua it is almost like making a treasure map. "This was the territory of Ephraim, clan by clan: The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon and continued to the sea. From Micmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east. Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan. From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the sea." Joshua 16:5 - 8
This all sounds so ordinary but it was the land that God had chosen for the people of Ephraim. It was no accident that God chose that land for them and it is no accident that God has placed us where we are today.