17/03/2021
A thought for the day (among many):
How much do we reflect on what we are going through, doing, have lived through, or going into?
I don't necessarily question things reflectively or in a way to explore why or how I'm doing things, or what may be happening.
Yet I'm discovering that I don't need to have the answers to everything, which so often relates to a deep desire for control.
I do not have to be in control.
I do not have to have all the answers.
I cannot have the answers to your struggles and not necessarily to my own, either.
BUT - and this is where we can strike gold - reflective questioning can help us discover beautiful (or merely helpful) insights and new perspectives that we would not typically have found if we just steamrolled on in life without humbly, reflectively considering things.
Certainly not advocating overthinking and over-questioning to no end, I suppose (because that would often be me), what I'm trying to get to here is the importance of questioning instead of leaping to answers, or instead of just doing all the time.
Why do I create?
Why do I do things the way I do them?
Why am I feeling this way?
When did I first start enjoying this specific thing?
How can I put into action the things I've learned recently?
What are some practical steps I can take to grow?
These are all crucial questions that I have NOT been asking. I want to challenge myself and you today with this: pause, quieten down for a moment, and wonder a bit. And do this regularly.
In the end, this points to cultivating a posture of humility and seeking understanding. We don't know everything, and that is wonderful.
In the Bible, there are many powerful instances where people reflected on things and relied on the Lord to help them find understanding. A Scripture that speaks to this profoundly is found early in Proverbs (2:2-5):
"...If you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God."
Isn't that beautiful?
