And after an hour and a half I looked at my watch and said, Hey, man, Ive got to get to the office. Ive got a meeting so, man, I really, really, enjoyed it. And then as I was leaving he kind of threw one little token question my way and I answered it Yes or whatever. Then I got in my car and when I was driving off toward the church, I said, Lord, I pray that I never, ever, ever, ever, ever stop being a questioner.
Weve got to always question. And so often were so busy talking about ourselves, my deal, my job, my gifts, my hobbies, me, me, me, my, my, my, that we forget to stop and ask the other person about their life, to ask them where they are, to ask them their advice.
Because remember, people know more than you do. You know stuff that I dont know, I know stuff that you dont know. So Id better question, question and answer. Question, question, and answer. Weve got to shut up and stop talking about ourselves. Its like we have a big honking exclamation point after everything we say when we talk about ourselves. Bend the exclamation point into a question mark. Try it. You will not believe what happens.
When I think about weakness, I think of a guy named Gideon. In Judges 6, Gideon had this conversation with God because God said, Gideon I want you to deliver the Israelites from those evil Midianites. And check out what our boy said in verses 15-16. Gideon asked, How can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and Im the least in my family. The LORD answered, I will be with , and you will strike down all the Midianites together.
So crash through. Break down that big barrier of weakness.
FEAR
Another barrier in my life that keeps me from asking questions I should ask, and its also a barrier in your life, is fear. Fear. Were freaky about asking questions. Were fearful.
When
Ed Young Pastor think about fear, He thinks about Nehemiah. I wrote a book about Nehemiah called High Definition Living. I take that back. I must have read two books on leadership, because I wrote that book on leadership. Yeah. Im sorry. High Definition Living, story of Nehemiah. Nehemiah did something that was whacky. Nehemiah was a Jew and he was born under a regime where King Artaxerxes, this Persian King, dominated the land. Nehemiah was like in exile.
