"Our faith is only as good as the object in which we deposit it." - Pastor Mike
Pastor Mike started Colossians this past week and so did we! We reviewed Colossians 1:1-8.
We focused on verses 3 and 4 then for the remainder of the evening and talked about what it means to put faith in someone or something. We talked about some of the things people put their faith in that result in being let down....other people, bungee cords (bungee jumping), parachutes, their talents or abilities, seatbelts, doctors, etc...
Pastor Mike said that our faith is only as good as the object in which we deposit it. That means that object must be pretty darn good! And we know that only one Person is worthy of that attribute....God Himself!
Our visual tonight was in the form of an obstacle course. Half the kids lead the other half through a series of obstacles while blindfolded! The blindfolded kids had to put their complete truth and faith in the person leading them through the course....telling them when to bend, crawl, step over, and go around. We had the kids switch places then, but so that the kids who led first wouldn't think they already knew what was coming, we added a few new obstacles to the course that they were not expecting! This required more faith on their part in the person now leading them.
We ended with prayer time, reminding the kids how important it is to put your faith in God alone, for only He is trustworthy to put our faith in. He has our best interests at heart and knows us better than we know ourselves. He is the Creator of the universe. He is now and always should be the only object of our faith!
