| | Happy Valentine’s Day!
Don’t forget to do something cool for the people you love. Kelly and Grace brought me special cookies at the office to remind me that I’m loved. And I am.
There’s a recurring refrain in the story of David. It goes something like this:
“David inquired of the Lord.” Sometimes it’s “he inquired,” others it’s “Once again David inquired.” Regardless, there seems to be a lot of inquiring. ( 1 Sam. 23:2,4; 30:6-7; 2 Sam. 2:1, etc.) Every time David has a major decision to make, every time he stands at the crossroads of life, he “inquires of the Lord.”
Here’s what I love about David’s prayers: they are simple, clear and direct.
Once he asks “Should I go attack the Philistines?” Easy enough.
All God has to do is say “yes” or “no.” (In this case, he says ‘Go.’)
So I’m thinking we usually get stuck in two ways when it comes to mastering the art of inquiry. The first is that we fail to ask at all. We relegate God to the sidelines of our lives
and, to our detriment, call our own shots.
The second issue is that we don’t inquire with the specificity of David.
Do you ever get frustrated because you don’t feel God spelling things out for you?
Is it possible that we don’t get clear answers because we’re not asking clear questions?
Or could it be that God is waiting for us to utilize the creativity and wisdom at our disposal to develop a next step on our own?
And all we need to do is inquire to insure that we’re on the right track?
Note that David doesn’t pray: “God what should I do today?” Or “What’s your will for my life?” Based on what he already knows about who he is, who God is and what needs to be done to advance God’s purposes in his unique context, David says “I’m thinking about doing this… Should I?” My hope is that we could start to do the same.
And, in doing so, we become perfectly proactively and totally surrendered. |
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