The Holy Spirit is our intercessor, and through the blood of Jesus, we now have personal access to God. Personal access means that we can communicate with God in a way that we could not before. To have a relationship with someone, you must engage in a conversation, and to engage in a conversation you must ask questions. I know for some of you this is all basic knowledge, and you are probably wondering why am I giving a theological breakdown of a relationship with God. But trust me, this leads to the purpose of this blog.

Life can be complicated and full of many tests and trials, and God knows that you will have a bunch of questions throughout the course of it. Many people fear asking God questions because they think it means they are dismissing His authority in their life. This ideology is so far from the truth, and keeps people trapped in a cycle of fear. Remember how we just talked about how God desires intimacy, well He knows that intimacy is only created through genuine questions and dialogue. God is not intimidated by your questions. He is prepared for them all. Religion has shunned the true nature and character of God. The truth is Christ is the most intimate being that has ever existed. Because He is intimate, He desires intimacy with His children.

Before I conclude this blog, I want you to think about some questions that you always wanted to ask God. It can be regarding your life, your faith, or even God himself. If your heart is in the right place, which I believe it is, God welcomes questions. He welcomes every inquiry and wonder that His children have. Maybe you didn’t get an opportunity and you’ve been wanting to understand why or maybe you were abused or traumatized and not quite sure why it happened or maybe you’re just trying to make sense of the world you live in. Whatever it is, if you come to God with a heart of purity, He may answer your questions or He may not (some things you may not need to know or He may save the answer for a different time), but either way you surrendered it to Him. Either way you invited the Holy Spirit into your thoughts. Asking questions is not about getting an answer back, but more so allowing the Holy Spirit to comfort, challenge, and restore you. It may be hard, it may be embarrassing, or it may even be emotional. Allow yourself to be broken and vulnerable before God. Through the Holy Spirit we have personal access to God and as a believer, you have the authority to take advantage of it.

Biblical Resources:

Need for God’s Justice: Psalm 10:1-18

Habakkuk: In the book of Habakkuk, Habakkuk wrestled with whether God was fair for using the Babylonians to judge the Israelites. Habakkuk asks God many questions, so He could gain an understanding of why God chose to do what He did. It is a great read for us to draw near to God when we don’t understand.

John the Baptist Doubts Jesus: Matthew 11. John the Baptist wonders if Jesus is the one who had come to save or should they be expecting someone else. Jesus answered His question and allowed for John the Baptist to understand his role in the life of the Messiah.

Job: Job loses everything, and He begins to question God. Job’s friends feel like he must have done something wrong since he is experiencing all this suffering and lost. His friends believe this must be God’s judgement on Job. Job is crying and whining before God because he just wants to understand why he is being punished. God finally intervenes in the end and comforts Job that he had done nothing wrong. God asks Job a series of questions and challenges Job on his perspective of life. The purpose of Job is to help readers understand that they will not see things the way God sees them. Job saw life as simple, but God reassured Him that life is not that simple. There are things that Job will never understand because his of his finite mind. Instead of trying to understand, God encourages Job to just trust Him.