Isidor Rabi was the Nobel Prize winner for science in 1944. He was once asked how he decided to become a scientist.
"Every day after school my mother would ask me about my day. She wasn't really interested in what I learned, but wanted to know from me every day: 'Did you ask a good question today?'"
Isidor Rabi became a scientist because he asked good questions to which he did not yet know the answers, and he was determined to change that.
Asking questions was good for him.
Jesus also asked questions.
But Jesus never asked questions because He didn't know the answer.
Jesus' questions were always an invitation to conversation.
Jesus' questions were good for others.
And it is still to this day.
When Jesus and his disciples were near the town of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked them, “What do people say about the Son of Man?”
The disciples answered, “Some people say you are John the Baptist or maybe Elijah or Jeremiah or some other prophet.”
Then Jesus asked, “But who do you say I am?”
Matt 16:15 CEV
Jesus knew exactly what the people said about Him.
He also knew what the disciples said about Him.
But He invited them to examine their hearts and enter into conversation with Him.
In a way, the answer to this last question from Jesus is the beginning of the answer to all our questions.
Because if I say that I believe in God,
the Creator of heaven and earth…
then in a way it answers my many questions about where my earthly provision will come from.
If I say that I believe in Jesus Christ, His only begotten son,
born of the virgin Mary,
who sits at the right hand of God the Father,
whence He will come to judge,
those who are still alive and those who have already died…
then in a way it answers my questions about the unfairness of this world and my place in it.
When I say that I believe in the Holy Spirit,
then in a way it answers my multiple questions about
all the gaps in my spiritual life where I need help and support.
The fact that I know what I believe in is already an answer.
And sometimes that's all you have to hold on to.
For now.
"Let us be a people of questions,
for in asking,
we admit our lack and His sufficiency.
in seeking,
we acknowledge our blindness and
His vision.
in knocking,
we recognize our exclusion
and His invitation."
Jesus never refused to open the door to those who came with their questions.
You are allowed to ask.
Your inspiration for the week: When I found Jesus
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