The Questions We Must Ask Ourselves
God is interested in the small things we say & do.
- Do we love others as we love ourselves?
- Are we kind to others, placing their needs before our own?
- Are we patient with others and with our situations? OR Are we bullying our way through every situation, every relationship?
- When others look at our lives, do they notice the gentleness within all that we say & do?
- Does the world surrounding us note the way God helps us retain self-control in our actions and reactions?
Truly, God is interested in every small action, in every whispered word, in every situation, in every spiritual seed we scatter as we journey home toward heaven. The Question we must ask ourselves: How is God changing me?
Elijah was a man who knew God, who walked with God, who journeyed in the strength of the LORD, and one day, God led Elijah to mountain called Horeb (also called Mt. Sinai). It was there on that mountain that the prophet Elijah whose name means “My God is Jehovah” was faced with the LORD’S question.
“Then he came there to a cave and spent the night there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
(1 Kings 19: 9 NASB)
God is interested in how we react to His purpose and His will. Part of walking by faith means that we walk in obedience—despite the risk.
- God already knew exactly where Elijah was standing, what Elijah was doing, and why Elijah was hiding there in that cave.
- Consider in the New Testament how Ananias (a disciple of Christ) was called to care for Saul, the one-time persecutor of Christians.
- Consider how Paul (the newly converted Saul who was now a child of God) faced danger every day of his life as he journeyed and preached the gospel, preaching the same gospel he once adamantly opposed.
Truly, God is interested in our obedience to His will. Each time we face risk in our walk with the LORD, when we are walking within His will, then we are given the opportunity to experience God’s faithfulness firsthand. The Question we must ask ourselves: Where is God calling me to trust Him?
Elijah was scared because he knew those hunting for him wanted to kill him, but we see in the Bible how God did not just tell Elijah how he would take care of him. God does more than just care for His children; God demonstrates His care.
“So He said, [God said to Elijah] “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD was passing by! And a great and powerful wind was tearing out the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
(1 Kings 19: 11-13 NASB)
And after the earthquake, a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire, a sound of a gentle blowing.
When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
God is interested in how we step out in faith to whatever, to wherever, to however He calls us to step. When we step toward His will in faith, then we do not always walk in the predictable paths the world values. Yes, that’s right. The world sees one path for our lives, while God sees the TRUE PATH for the way we are to go. It is God’s still small voice we are to follow and not that of the noise nor the chatter found within the world.
- God moves us.
- God reminds us.
- God shows us how He is in total control of the situations.
- God controls even the weather. &
- God reigns over EVERYTHING, over ALL THINGS!
Truly God is interested in where He is leading us, & God’s will is that we grow in our faith as we walk home. We do that by stepping forward toward His will, by placing our total trust in Him & His will for our lives. The Question we must ask ourselves: What is the next life-assignment God has for me?
God does not leave us in our despair.
God points us in the right direction—into His will.
God desires that we are attune to His voice, & although God’s voice might come to us as still and small—STILL, THE VOICE OF GOD IS POWERFUL!
God reminds us that some doors are meant to be shut so He can open the BETTER DOORS WIDE OPEN!
Each man, woman, and child must decide the answer. The Question we must ask ourselves: What will I do with Jesus?
The atheist will ask how can a “good” God exist whenever the world is so awful and unjust.
A man cannot align crooked unless he knows the way of the straight line, the straight path.
We can lead others to Christ by asking searching questions, by placing what C. S. Lewis calls “a pebble in their shoe.” Then as we give them things to think about, as they see the way we are obedient to God’s will, & as they watch the way we are led by God’s Holy Spirit—then we give them something worthwhile to consider, something that will cause them to hobble as walking upon “a pebble in their shoe,” and they simply cannot ignore the TRUTH of GOD!
- Every single day we live, we are to walk within God’s will for our lives!
- Every single day God gives us breath, we are to walk within God’s Great Commission!
- Every single day God allows us to linger here upon earth, we are to consider the questions God asks.
QUESTION #1: What will I do with Jesus?
QUESTION #2: How is God changing me?
QUESTION #3: What are you doing here, (fill in our name)?
QUESTION #4: Where is God calling me to trust Him?
QUESTION #5: What is the next life-assignment God has for me?
“So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am, and I do nothing on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me.
(John 8: 28-32 NASB)
And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” [JESUS ALWAYS OBEYED GOD & PLEASED GOD BECAUSE JESUS IS GOD IN THE FLESH WHO LEFT HEAVEN TO DWELL AMONG US, TO SAVE US!]
As He said these things, many came to believe in Him.
So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples;
and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”