Servants: Stare and Wonder

(5-8 minutes, easy set-up)
Learners will identify activities that will give them an opportunity to encounter God’s beauty.

(5–8 minutes, easy setup)
Provide a dry erase board and marker.

Acknowledge that sometimes we get so caught up with service to others that we don’t take time to notice the beauty around us. Discuss: What is the relationship between observing creation, seeing God, knowing God, worshipping God, and the joyful service of bringing others into worship of God? Confirm that each leads to the other. Ask: How can your service become joyless? Suggest that if it is, learners could recharge their joy by taking time to get to know God again with activities such as:

Staring at the sky and remembering you are whirling in space, inside God’s indescribable creation.
Thinking of today as a page in God’s story complete with unique creatures made for His glory.
Looking at a person with wonder as an eternal soul created by God for His purpose.
Sitting outside, finding something amazing, and marveling at the mind of the Maker.

Discuss: What other “stare and wonder” activities might help you know and worship God better?

Invite learners to consider intentionally participating in any of these activities during the coming week.