Throughout the Bible there are all of these examples of God's power, not only in the world that He has created, but also in His people. This series is all about what happens when God moves among us and opens our eyes to the wonder of His presence.

We're often faced with the choice between being overwhelmed with what we don't have or moving forward with what we do have. Moving forward requires that we see the world in a different way, we look at who we are, what we have and what we can do. When we look at those things through the lens of trust in God, it's called having faith, and as we step forward, we make ourselves available to His Wonders.

Gene lays out a menu of all of the different ways that we are encouraged to experience Wonder and gives some of the reason why staying connected to the experience of wonder is so important. We can get to the places where we feel as though we are too hurt to open ourselves to wonder or where we become too prideful in our knowledge to experience wonder. Yet, wonder is the experience that is able to change our perspective, move us out of our ruts, and engage in the invitation to engage in a whole new world.

When we're talking about wonder one of the most important things to be aware of is that God still moves in wonder-working power. The question isn't whether this will happen, but how we'll respond when it does. Aaron lays out three kinds of responses to wonder: the expectant, the observer, and the skeptic and talks about how each of them have a role to play and a direction they need to move in order to appropriately experience the Wonder of God. 

Throughout the Wonders series we've been looking at the way that God demonstrates God's Presence to us. One of the most important ways that we experience this is when we face challenges and resistance. As Brian shares in this message, that's a place where we often see God's Wonders in action...

The greatest Wonder is without a doubt the Resurrection, but as Brian explains in this sermon, the Resurrection was not a one-time event. Rather, resurrection is a theme that runs throughout the scriptures and speaks to the core of what it means to be human. The process of life emerging through death and the invitation to participate in that wonder are the exact things that we need to truly connect with what God is doing and to experience the life of wonder we're meant to live.