Instead of regarding the Bible as a Book of Answers for our questions, it is worthwhile to think of it as a Book of Questions for our answers. As we listen, God questions us so that we can know him by means of the dialog within our hearts. As any good teacher knows, when a student wrestles with a question he learns more than if he were given a straightforward answer. Similarly, the Lord gives us permission to be without answers so that we will be free to seek, to struggle, and to own what we come to understand through our relationship with him... That way our learning will be real, substantive, and born from the urgency our own inner need. Indeed, Gods very first question to man is always, ayekah: Where are you? (Gen. 3:9), which appeals for us to acknowledge how we hide from the truth. Where are you? is the poignant call of the seeking Father for his lost child, and the question only becomes our own when we are willing to look at how weve come to be at this place in our lives. Gods question to our heart is meant to lead us out of hiding to respond to his loving call...
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 01:01:13 +0000
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