Leader Guide
Wilderness Game
- Tape.
- Four boxes of various sizes.
- Several blindfolds.
- Four sheets of paper.
- Marker.
- Bible or the Superbook Bible app.
Mark or tape start and finish lines approximately 15 feet apart. (Adjust the length based on the size of your room and group.)
On four sheets of paper write “1–Red Sea,” “2–No food or water,” “3–Grumbling People,” and “4–Egyptian Army.” (To make the activity more challenging, add more obstacles.)
Tape a labeled paper to the front of each box (words facing starting line).
Place the boxes in order from the start line to finish line to create a challenging course to follow (see image shown as an example).
Moses was not a trained leader; he was a shepherd in Midian. Moses was not confident that he could accomplish all that God had planned for him. But God saw and heard Moses. God understood Moses and his fears. God loved Moses and provided everything that Moses needed to do what He asked. God provided his brother Aaron as his helper, and God became Moses’ guide to lead him though the wilderness. Yes, God understood Moses. All Moses had to do was trust and obey. Moses had to trust someone he couldn’t see to lead the Israelites through the wilderness!
Read Hebrews 11:27:
It was by faith that Moses left the land of Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger. He kept right on going because he kept his eyes on the One who is invisible.
By faith, Moses followed an invisible God. He trusted in a guide he could not see to lead all of the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness. Name some obstacles Moses faced after leaving Egypt. Crossing the Red Sea, lack of food and water, grumbling people, and the Egyptian army.
Let’s say our SuperTruth together: “God sees, hears and understands me.”
Now, let’s play a fun game and walk through our own wilderness. Does it look pretty easy to you? Well, there is one thing I haven’t told you yet; you must walk through the wilderness blindfolded!
Divide the children into two teams. Have each team line up behind the start line in pairs. Blindfold one player of each of the first two pairs. One child is the guide and the blindfolded child is the follower. Using their voices only, the guides will lead the followers around the wilderness obstacles in numerical order, 1–4, on the journey from start line to finish line. Each guide must pause to read aloud the paper obstacles in the path, and then the follower must reach down and touch it with one hand before going on to the next obstacle. Players may not touch their guides or other players on their journey. If they do, they return to the end of the line, and the next pair takes a turn.
The next pair of players starts as soon as the previous pair passes the second obstacle. This keeps the game challenging, since players must steer clear of other “travelers,” too! Do not have more than three or four pairs of players on the course at one time unless you have a very large course set up!
If time permits, give each child a chance to be a guide and a follower. When everyone has had at least one turn, ask the children:
How did it feel to trust a guide you could not see?
How did it feel to have the responsibility to be the guide?
Is it comforting to know God sees everything you do and all the problems you face each day?
Name a time that God answered a prayer you prayed.
