Preacher on the Run…

It’s official. Kids ask a lot of questions. A study from the Independent Co. in the UK found that kids ask an average of 73 questions a day. If a child is awake for 14 hours a day (which may be high depending on the age of the kid) that averages out to just over 5 questions an hour. In other words, by the time you read this article a kid would have asked at least one question, maybe two. Kids are curious. They love to learn and want to know how things work, why they don’t, and what happened about everything.

Unfortunately curiosity is one of those things that seems to fade as we get older. As we age we tend to ask less questions and seem to think we have more answers. Adults feel like we have this life thing figured out. Or at least we begin to put things in boxes and become more comfortable with “the way things are”. But there are still difficult questions? However, it’s not the tough questions that challenge us most. Often times it’s the easiest questions that reveal the deepest struggles.

Questions cause us to pause, reflect, and understand. I believe this is why kids reflect the heart of God so often. Jesus, like kids, asked a lot of questions. But unlike children, Jesus didn’t ask questions because of a lack on his part. Instead, he inquired to reveal a lack in the listeners heart. Michael Kruger fleshes this idea out in his article “The World’s Easiest Theological Question“. In it, he reviews the easiest question Jesus ever asked and why it stumped the most “theologically astute” of His day.

Questions make us go deeper into understanding. They reveal a lack or need on our part. They remind us that we don’t know it all (and we never will). But some questions we do know the answers to. The toughest questions are the ones asking if we are living in light of what we already know to be true. As always I’d love to hear your thoughts on the article. Don’t forget to be with the Lord’s people on the Lord’s day.

Until Next Time…