Acts 9:5-6 KJV
“And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.”
Questions force answers out of people, especially where there previously may never have been knowledge about the subject in question. You don't know how much you know until you are confronted with questions. That is why I defined questions as statements that force answers out of people. As such the answers you get out of life are determined by the kind of questions you ask. When you ask about something, the answers will be forced out one way or the other. Questions are statements of enquiry demanding answers. Concerning your purpose and destiny, you will need to ask the right questions to have the right answers.
In production management, there are questions that must be asked before any product is manufactured. It is a standard practice everywhere serious production is done. These questions determine a lot of things about what is produced and whether it is to be produced in the first place. The questions go as follows:
-What do we produce?
-How do we produce?
-For whom do we produce?
-When do we produce?
All these questions were settled about you in heaven before you came. God had asked and answered them before you came. But you also must ask the right kind of questions to know what God knows about you. That was exactly what Paul did in our text today. He asked "who are you Lord"? And then He asked "what will you have me do?” If you carefully study Paul, you will see that these two questions drove his life.
Here are a few questions you too must ask in order to correctly fulfill destiny:
"Who am I?”
"Why am here?”
"What can I do?”
"Where am I going?”
The first question "who am I?” seeks to know your identity. Until you know yourself, you know nothing else in this world. You will make wrong decisions, you will go to the wrong places, do the wrong things, you will marry the wrong person and do the wrong work. The list is endless. But to know yourself you must know and understand where you came from or whom you came out of. 1John 4:4 declares "you are of God little children". Meaning you came from God, or you hail from God; God is your local government or place of origin. The more of Him you get to know, the more of yourself you will discover.
Assignment
i. Embark on a mission to know God by forming a habit of daily study of the word of God.
ii. Spend quality time of prayer with God daily, especially the prayer in tongues.
iii. Never be absent in church where the word is being broken and taught.
Prayer
-Lord please reveal me to me by showing me who you are.
-Lord I want to know you and the power of your resurrection in Jesus Name.
Nugget
Until you know yourself, you know nothing else in this world.
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