What Does God Do?

"God does almost everything," says Caleb, 10. "He watches us while we're asleep, and he watches us in the day, too. He never sleeps, and he never gets hurt. But the most important thing is he never lets us down."

Caleb, thanks for assuring us that God never falls down or lets us down.

One of the items on a list of God's activities compiled by Hannah, 9, might surprise you: "God teaches, performs miracles, creates, keeps the devil away from us, loves, gives, saves and speaks. God and angels bowl, and God rests."

Bowling? Hannah, I've never thought of bowling as a heavenly activity, but who can say? Are you telling me that when I was awakened by thunder this morning, it could have been a celestial bowling tournament?

According to Tiffany, 10, angels may not have time for bowling: "God sends guardian angels to watch over us. God tells us what's right and what's wrong. He also protects us. Most of all he loves us."

"God does many things, even something small like speaking to us," says Marci, 9. "God creates us in an amazing way! He makes us from cells about the size of a typed period (.), and creates everything to work as we grow. He makes us from that tiny cell to a person 5 or 6 feet tall."

Making us from something as small as a typed period truly is amazing. The problem is that some people act like periods in the sense that they've closed the door to any possibility of a relationship with God. One of God's great challenges is to turn periods into exclamation marks.

Yes, God does a lot of things, but imparting his spiritual life to people created in his image is the most important, says Brittney, 10. "God sent his only begotten son to the earth to die on the cross for us and to save us from the sins we have done. When we need to talk to God, stop, and he will let you into heaven if you believe in Jesus Christ."

Not only has God made a way for us to live with him forever, he is "making something in heaven that the eye has never seen and the ear has never heard," says Cory, 10. "God does a whole lot in heaven."

Undoubtedly, God's preparations for his children are unimaginable, but his reservation system is unique because he knows exactly when his guests will arrive, says Will, 10: "God watches over us and controls everything. He protects us when he needs to protect us. He will let us die when he thinks it's time for us to die."

Knowing God is in charge of when we die and resting in the assurance that Jesus conquered death by his resurrection frees us to live a vigorous life now. As Kyle, 10, says: "God helps us through the hard times. He gives us good times. God made everything so we can enjoy life."

"God helps people with problems," says Kaitlyn, 8. If it wasn't for problems, how many of us would turn to God?

"God sits on his throne," says Trent, 10. "He forgives people. He listens to people's prayers. And he loves everyone."

According to Paige, 8, one of God's most important duties is "hugging us." Maybe God wants to hug you today, or he might even want to hug someone you know. Are your arms available to God? More importantly, is your heart ready?

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Bible quotations in this Bible lesson are from the New King James Version. 

Copyright 2007 Carey Kinsolving