Questioning God

Most of us know Mary, the mother of Jesus. Have you ever really stopped to think of Mary as a heroin? We are not to worship her, but use her example.
Think about this and see if you can relate it to your own life.
Have you experienced fears in your life? Fear is an emotion created in you for a reason. If there is a fear of danger in your presence you will probably take notice of it and get out of the way.  Have you ever experienced a fear and questioned God about it? That is what Mary did. 

Luke 1:34-37

New King James Version (NKJV)

³⁴ Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
She freely asked God a question with freedom, the great news is that God can handle all of our questions. Fear and doubt can actually keep us from a deeper relations with God. We've bought into the lie that God is uncaring and begrudging. Mary went straight to the source with her confusion and emotions, she was honest in her response after being told  the Holy Spirit was going to come upon her and the power of God was going to overshadow her for the Holy One to be born, Jesus Christ.  I believe if that if an angel appeared to you, you'd be a little frightened and confused too. No more could Mary hide her heart's confusion than we can. We've all bit into the lie that we can hide from God, but he already knows our fears, doubts, confusion and questions. We just need to be strong and courageous in approaching Him and trusting in Him to receive us.
There are two types of questions. There are the questions that are filled with accusation or vain insistence and questions that interact and engage.
Looking at the way Mary handled questioning God has helped me to change my questions towards Him too.

Recently in prayer I had a few questions for God. Normally my questions would sound something like accusation "Lord, if you want this to happen then I need this, this, and this." Instead, my prayers changed to "Lord, I know you have done this thing and I know you have a plan. I choose to surrender to your will.I ask you Holy Spirit to show me what to do because I believe you will supply all that I need to accomplish your purpose. What do I do next?"
God spoke to stars into existence, he set the moon and sun into place. We can't limit God if we do, we limit all that He wants to give us.
This season I am taking notice that God used the lowest of lows to accomplish His purpose. A young woman, an older man, shepherds, a stinky stable, and perhaps a wooden crate to sleep in for a manger. He can use you and me; if we could change our accusing questions into engaging questions,  but none the less He can handle our questions and He will answer us.

What are you asking for today and how are you asking Him? I encourage you to not be afraid to ask God anything. He is loving, caring, kind, gentle, and most of all love and in love with you.

~Marjorie