Pondering Questions God Asks in The Bible?

Where Have You Come From and Where Are You Going?

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Genesis 16:08 The Context: God told Abraham and his wife Sarah that they would have a son and a vast offspring. When it didn’t happen immediately, they “helped” God by conceiving a child by Sarah’s servant Hagar. In the understandable tension after this son arrived, Sarah treated Hagar with unbearable contempt. So Hagar ran away. “The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness…” In this context God asked Hagar the following question.
God Asks Us: “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?
jne: Many people know first hand the terrors of contempt. But we all have experiences of trying to get away from situations of varying degrees of heartache, confusion, loneliness and hopelessness. God told Hagar to go back to Sarah and serve her. God does not always ask us to go back into seemingly impossible situations. But the fundamental thing that Hagar experienced is true for all of us. She responded by saying in verse 13: “You are a God of seeing (who sees me), truly here I have seen Him who looks after me.
In every moment of every circumstance of our lives, in every time we think we know where we are coming from and think we either know or don’t know where we are going, God sees, and is looking after us. That sure knowledge can be the foundation on which we follow Him in each step of whatever direction He leads.
Gen 21:9-21 God hears 25:12-18 God keeps His promises

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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