What is the “most” powerful question we can ask?

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Answer: The one embedded in our own life story, the one we truly cannot answer. It usually arrives with a jolt as it breaks through the layers of “knowing” we use surround and insulate ourselves with. It challenges and sometimes forces us to examine our life with a new lens, drawing us to the path God wants us to walk.

THE “POWER” OF A QUESTION.

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When faced with a problem or dilemma, we may know the answer but still feel stuck and unable to act. Often what works is asking ourselves the question that breaks through barriers and allows us to see with new eyes.A

“Powerful Question” breaks through the biggest barrier of all, the narrative that we create to explain who and what we are. Crack that barrier and we begin to see ourselves as God does.

CAN ONE QUESTION REALLY CHANGE MY LIFE?

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In the Gospel of John, Jesus could have called Andrew and Peter with a suggestion or even a command. Instead, he asked them a single question that changed their life. “What do you want?” (John 1:38) God asks each of us the same question.

We encounter questions every day. We can find answers or we can ignore them if we decide they are not important to what we want or need. There is one question however, that can’t be ignored. It comes from within. It affects us physically as well as emotionally and invites us to see ourselves as God does.

LET’S EXAMINE “LIFE STORY.”

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When we say our powerful question is embedded in our life story, it’s important to examine what that means. Life story includes all the realities that we experience: birthdays, graduations, first loves, losing a friend, getting a promotion, etc.. It also includes our narrative, the story we tell ourselves about those events and what they mean to, and about, us. These narratives are foundational to what we believe about ourselves and the world we live in. Some experiences cause wounds that may keep us stuck in various stages of loss, anger, or despair. Our powerful question is not about our wounds, it is about the person who suffered and survived, wounds and all.