If you ask the wrong question, you will get a wrong answer. But if you ask the right question, you might just find you get an answer the leads you to life changing opportunities and solutions.
How many of us can hear ourselves ask; how much is this going to cost verse how do I prevent this from happening? Or how little to I have to commit instead of how fully can I invest?
I get it, it is much easier to change the standard, claim ignorance, or ask the wrong question and live with the result of what that brings than it is to look deep inside, seek wisdom, and ask the right question and then respond in an appropriate way, that brings about life changing results.
How then do we begin to ask right questions so that as Paul writes in our Epistle we can “Live, not as unwise people, but wise making the most of every opportunity because the days are evil”.
How then do we begin to ask right questions so that we can live in the house that Wisdom has built as Solomon reflects in the Proverb?
How do we answer yes to the Psalmist question of Who among you loves life and desires long life to enjoy prosperity? And yet know that what we are doing is pleasing to the Lord.
How do we ask questions that will inspire us to live into the fullness of all that God has purposed for us?
What are the right questions? First we have to believe that God has answers to our questions.
Let me suggest a good place to begin praying for God’s wisdom and discernment to be revealed, is to start in those places that you are scared to pray for it. A lot of us might like to think that we are spiritually mature and that we are already living in the fullness of God.
However, I have found for myself and I bet you are more like me than you might like to admit, that there are some areas that we would rather change the standard, live in ignorance, or intentionally I mean “unknowingly” ask the wrong question than to actually ask God for His wisdom and discernment about it.
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