30th September 2026

Questions

"What do you want Me to do for you?”

Luke 18:41

Today's Bible Reading: Luke 18:35-43.

Questions are important, they stimulate discussion, creative or critical thinking, as well as determine how others are thinking. Questions also help us identify gaps in our understanding and can help in finding solutions. Furthermore, I have found, that asking questions can be away of sharing with others the Good-News of the Lord Jesus.

Asking questions, was also one of the ways the Lord used to tell the Good-News. For a man who was God and knew everything, the Lord Jesus asked a lot of questions. While we do not know His purposes, it is clear His questions prompted others to respond. He asked His disciple Andrew, “What do you want?” (John 1:38). He asked blind Bartimaeus, “What do you want me to do for you?” (Mark 10:51). He asked the paralysed man, “Do you want to be made well?” (John 5:6). He asked His disciples “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” (Mark 8:27). Transformation happened for each of these individuals after Jesus’ initial a question.

Is there someone you want to approach about matters of faith? Ask God to give you the right questions to ask.

Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, please help me to reach out to others in a way that can lead to transformation, I pray. Amen.