Ask and Answer Questions?

While the Bible is the most published book in the world. The real question is how much is it read? And an even more important questions is how many people ask and answer questions as they read the Bible? My fear is that too many people do not do the work of asking and answering questions as they read the Bible. Too many people are content with what they already think they understand, not just about the Bible but about many other important things in life. We tend to forget that one of the main ways we learn, and thus grow, is to ask and answer questions. Our questions about both familiar and unfamiliar things are critical to our accurate and effective understandings of everything in life. And I would argue that there is nothing more important to work at truly understanding than the Bible which describes the present and eternal relationship between God and men.

For these reasons I challenge everyone to not only read the Bible, but to read it often and regularly. I challenge myself and others to ponder what we read by prayerfully asking questions with willingness to accept the answers the Bible gives.

Here is one last observation. In the Bible, God asks us more than five hundred questions. It is easy to overlook God's question either by not noticing them or by ignoring them.

I hope we will read the Bible seeking not simply confirmation of our previous beliefs, but by asking and answering questions which will lead to the blessings God promises to those who "delight and meditate on the Bible day and night." (Psalm 1:2)