Pondering Questions God Asks in The Bible?


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Are You Not Willing To Serve?

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Exodus 4:14 The Context:
Moses continued to make excuses why he could not lead the Israelites out of Egypt. God finally said, okay, then I’ll ask your brother Aaron to accompany you and speak for you and Me.

God Asks Us
: to Moses: Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, Is there not Aaron your brother, the Levite? I know he can speak well.

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: God always has His way. We may refuse His requests, but God will accomplish His will working around us if necessary. God sometimes, probably often, uses His second and third choices to serve Him. Finding gifted people is not nearly as hard for God as finding submissive, willing people who are glad for God to get all the credit and glory.
Is there something God is asking me to do that I don’t feel particularly gifted to do but know people I could get to help me? If a job is one I can easily do by myself perhaps it is something someone else could do. If I don’t need the help of God and others it may not even be worth doing.

WHY GOD ASKS QUESTIONS?

It is easy to read the Bible and see only stories and rules. Even if a person can see the Bible as a revelation of Who God is and what He is like it can be difficult to fully realize that in the Bible God invites us to the amazing adventure of an eternal and perfect relationship with Him.

How often do we wish we could ask God questions and have Him give us a plain answer? God, why did You let my father die? God, why am I not getting well? God, why aren’t my plans working? And the questions go on and on and on. The questions aren’t always doubting or complaining, but sometimes simply curiosity. I assume that it is a surprise to most of us that in the Bible God asks us more than 500 questions.

Why does God ask us questions? Surely if God is GOD He knows the answer to all His questions. God does not need us to inform Him of our circumstances, thoughts or motives. God’s questions are always in a context and the reason for them is to prompt us to think more seriously about our lives. So really, the reason God asks us questions is because He cares so much about us.

More than just seeking to probe what we know or think, God's questions can:
>> motivate our curiosity.
>> prompt us to reevaluate the way we think and behave.
>> help us see things from a different perspective.
>> help us dig deeper into really important issues.
>> help us discover what we truly believe.
>> demonstrate that God is dynamically interested in us.
God asks us questions because He wants us to grow.
How important are God’s questions to you?

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