(2 Kings 7:3-4 KJV)
“And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.”
If you are not getting the right answers in life, it is because you are not asking the right questions. If the question is wrong the answer could be wrong as well, because your approach determines your results. Your question is a revelation of your level of understanding.
The leprous men would have sat down in leprousy forever if they didn't begin a self interrogation of their lives and their situation. It was bad enough that they were leprous, but to be hungry on top of it was not acceptable. They were declared outcasts and ostracized from society, but adding hunger to it advertently or inadvertently met with a strong reaction from these lepers. When your trouble seems to be multiplying by the day, it is good place to query your life and situation. Some troubles in your Life are just waiting for you to ask the right questions.
Suffice it to say that the question forced an answer out of these leprous infested and rejected men. Their questions didn't just deliver them but also brought deliverance to an entire nation that was under siege for a very long time. I particularly like the question "how long"? They were questioning the time frame and duration of their situation. If you question yours I believe things will change as well. They also wondered how long they would sit down in one place and die, without trying anything. A man whose hands are busy will definitely strike the answers in no time. But siting down and doing nothing is a recipe for untimely death. You shall not die. Step out and step up right now, and begin the move toward a new you and a new day in your life in Jesus Name.
Assignment
-Begin to explore ways by which you can come out of your present predicament.
-Ask radical questions from the right people.
-First ask yourself questions that will jolt you back to reality and faith.
Prayer
-Lord I refuse to die like this in Jesus Name.
-Father please take away laziness from me and energize me in and out to move into my next level in Jesus Name.
Nugget
If you are not getting the right answers in life, it is because you are not asking the right questions.