Go: Asking

The pastor Bob Grahmann once wrote:

"But the One who seemed to love questions the most was Jesus. He commended His disciples and 'those with them' for asking Him about the meaning of His parables, even saying that the questioners had found the secret of the Kingdom of God! (Mark 4:10-11). He got angry at the Pharisees when they stopped asking questions and were silent (Mark 3:5). He often answered a question with a question, to keep the question mode going (Mark 2:18-19; 24-25; John 1:48-50). Jesus summarized His view of questions when He told His disciples specifically to 'ask, and you will receive, seek, and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you, for whoever asks receives...' (Matt. 7:7-8). Jesus could not have been more clear in sharing the priority of asking questions and seeking."

In other words, God loves it when we ask him questions. Think of how compassionately Jesus responded to the skepticism of Thomas (John 20:24-29).

But Jesus is also an example for us to imitate. And he asked lots of people lots of questions!

Good missionaries ask questions.

We ask God questions. We ask ourselves questions. We ask other people questions.

When we ask questions, we are admitting we don't know it all (which is true). We're opening ourselves up to the influence of another person. We're building relationships. And we're learning how we could most effectively communicate the gospel to someone else.

What's one question you could ask one friend this week?