As we have seen in our previous [tag]Sunday school lessons[/tag] about [tag]Gideon[/tag], we learn that God often chooses the youngest and smallest to lead his army. This week, I’m going to show you a trick that illustrates this again. (Teacher words in bold)
Bring out a pencil and sit it on the edge of the table. Have it situated so that almost half is hanging over the table. Have the children gather close to watch you.
Some people think this is magic. Tell me what you think. I’m going to stare at this pencil until it moves on its own.
Stoop down so you are eye level with the pencil. Stare at it for five to ten seconds while breathing out your nose. Without saying anything, allow your breathing to switch from your nose to your mouth. Your breathing should go right onto the pencil and cause it to move.
Ta da! How do you think I did that? See if anyone can guess. If they do, it’s okay, but don’t confess to anything yet.
Okay, now I’m going to do the same thing, only instead of using a pencil I’m going to use something much bigger and heavier: a screw driver.
Put the screw driver where the pencil was and allow the metal part to hang over the table.
Watch me carefully to tell me how I’m doing it. This time, make the breaths out of your nose a little louder so they can hear it. Suck in a deep breath before blowing from your mouth onto the screwdriver. Let there be a big enough breath so that the students know what you are doing.
So. Was that magic? No, you were moving it with your breath.
Why didn’t you know with the pencil? Why did you know with the screw driver?
The screw driver is bigger, and so it was more obvious what you were doing.
Sometimes, the miracles God chooses to perform are to show people that He is real. This was the case with Gideon’s army. It was a little tiny army. God did that so people would have to doubt that He was really the one at work.
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