The Big Idea – Zooming Out for Wisdom

Scale drawings and similar figures help us compare sizes and distances fairly. In cities, some neighborhoods are designed with easy access to parks, stores, and schools, while others lack these walkable spaces. God calls us to fairness in how communities are built and cared for.

Map Scale: 1 inch = 1 mile

• Neighborhood A → School is 2 inches away on the map = 2 miles
• Neighborhood B → School is 5 inches away on the map = 5 miles

Neighborhood B students must travel more than twice as far to reach school. Scales and figures show us how unequal community access can be.

Scripture Connections

• Isaiah 58:12 (KJV): “And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations.”
• Proverbs 3:27 (KJV): “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.”

Scripture Connections

• Proverbs 22:2 (KJV): “The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.”
• James 5:4 (KJV): “Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.” 

Which word(s) stand out to you.

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