Experts

Materials
None

Preparation
Make a list of professions. Some possibilities might include:
a lawyer
a dentist
an astronaut
a baker
a policeman
a mechanic
an engineer
a pilot
a doctor
a fireman
an architect
a counselor

Activity
You can play charades with your list, pin the names on the back and ask kids to discover their occupation, or make a list of equipment and tools that each occupation uses and have children match the tools with the occupation.

Application
Discuss how we trust each of these people to do their jobs. While we cannot be experts in all areas, we trust those who ARE the experts. We may not understand why the doctor chooses a specific medicine or a mechanic uses a specific tool, but we trust their expertise. In the same way we do not know everything about God or understand everything God understands, but he is our Creator and as such we can trust him with our life. (Ecclesiastes 3:16-22)

Use this creative teaching activity as a reminder to youth or children that we cannot know everything so we place our trust in various experts. We need to place the sme kind of trust in our Creator.