VBS - Wednesday - God Protects

It was favorite animal day at VBS, and the church was filled with pictures of animals, and stuffed animals, and even (in the craft area) a lot of wood snakes.

We were shown an example in the opening skit of how God protects us when we're tempted. Terry and Bakari knew there was quicksand, and they knew it was dangerous, and they knew that they were not supposed to get near it. But in they went, trying to get closer to the blue cheeked bee eater, and just like Dr. Doolots predicted, they got a real sinking feeling. Fortunately, when they realized that they were in too deep, Jerry was there to answer their calls for help and pull them to safety.

The bible story and craft time also focused on temptation and the use of God's power to overcome it. Even Jesus was tempted by the devil during his time in the desert. But Jesus had an answer for the devil at every turn, and sent him away knowing that He was to follow what was written: 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.' (Matthew 4:1-11) During craft time, we colored funny flexible snakes, to remind us of the temptation of God's first people, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and the snakes will remind us that we will all be tempted.

Recreation time was spent in one of our favorite pastimes: fishing! There were a bunch of hippos and fish in the water, and we had some special rods and reels we used to catch some and bring them out of the water. The fish were easier to catch than those hippos, though.

We were pretty tired after all that fishing, but we had a great snack which the snack leaders called "mudhole dirt", but we heard other people calling it "quicksand" or "jungle rot". But it still tasted good!As in all the VBS sessions this week, we closed with the Lord's Prayer. We certainly have a better understanding now of the line: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."