In this step, you will be challenging your students to trust in God even when their information is limited. If your class is meeting online, invite students to bring index cards and pens/pencils with them to class.

Studying Jeremiah helps us understand the importance of obedience. Considering his story, how can we also grow in that area? Let’s review some truths about God . . . and ourselves.

Read off the following scenarios. Give students 90 seconds to consider their response on each scenario and then prompt students to share their answers.

• Some friends are resistant to the truth about Jesus Christ. You want to share the Gospel, but they don’t want to hear it.
• You are trying to make a decision about your future (college, employment, participation in an activity, etc.) You are uncertain how to move forward.
• You are interested in starting a relationship with a girl/boy. They share similar Christian values, but you’re not sure if you should become more serious.

Listen to your students’ answers even if they might not be what you expect (sometimes listening is better than correcting.) When you’re finished, discuss these questions together:

• Even though the Old Testament seems so ancient and far away, how does studying history help us even today? (Human nature is the same, whether ancient or modern. God can speak to us through the testimony and experience of past men and women.)
• How is trusting God similar to crossing a glass-bottomed ledge? (We have to trust in the engineers’ design, we can feel frightened, we take it one step at a time, etc. Students’ answers will vary.)

Hand out index cards and pens/pencils to the entire group. (If your class is meeting online, invite students to have those items ready.) Ask your students to write down one thing they believe God’s asking them to do. Then have them write a letter to God either committing to obey and trusting Him with the outcome or sharing with Him why they’re having difficulty doing that. Encourage them to keep this written dialogue going with God throughout the next week.

It’s difficult to trust and obey when we don’t know the outcome! But we can always trust in the character of God. Let’s close in prayer, asking for the courage to obey no matter what.