We don’t ask enough questions. We prefer to give answers instead. But it hasn’t always been that way.
As children, we ask 125 questions a day. By adulthood, that number dwindles to six. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we lose 119 questions per day.
That’s too bad because you can learn something from everyone you know. I love the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I can learn from them.”
According to one study, the Bible contains 2,506 questions. Another source cites 3,294 questions in the Bible. Either way, the message is clear. Ask questions. Seek truth. And seek God.
Dale Carnegie said, “The average person spends 95 percent of his time thinking about himself.” The Bible offers a better plan: “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always” (1 Chronicles 16:11).
Recovery Step: Never stop learning. Never stop asking questions. Never forget that every person you know can be your tutor – if you listen. And never quit seeking God.
