There are no wrong questions. Really???
It sounds nice to say that there are no wrong questions. However if we are seeking a particular piece of information, it would be best to ask the question that would end up getting us the answer we are looking for. For example, the question “Where did you buy that attractive floral print mu-mu?” would not help you if you wanted to find out where to catch the Number Ten bus. We do that with God. We are always asking “What is Your will for my life?” It’s not that our motive for asking is wrong, it’s just that the emphasis is in the wrong place: “me and my life “. Get over it – it’s not about you and your life – it’s about God and what He is doing.
Jesus says in John 5:17 “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” The important thing is to find out what God is doing, in my neighborhood, my school, my church, my community. The question should be “What is God’s will?” – And boy, is the Bible full of that or what.
Take Abram. God shows up and says “Leave your country, your people and your Father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” (Genesis 12:1) You can’t get a vaguer itinerary than that. You see, I want God’s will to be like Garmin: I type in the destination and then just blindly follow the ‘turn-by-turn’ directions. I don’t care about having a relationship with the GPS device; I just want to get there. For God, the big deal isn’t the destination, but the fun we have on the road trip while we’re getting there. It’s God getting into the car and saying ‘Drive’. ‘Where to?’ we ask, and He just says ‘I’ll show you’.
So what is God doing in your school, your workplace, your neighborhood?
