The question you've been swallowing

Friend.

Have you ever swallowed a question? Someone says something in a meeting, a group chat, or the queue at the school gate, and a question bubbles up inside you. But you push it back down. You worry it might sound silly, or rude, or make you look less clever than everyone else is pretending to be.

I wonder if you’ve ever done that with God.

Maybe you’ve held back questions about faith for years. Not because you don’t care, but because you do. Maybe you’ve worried that asking out loud would be a bit, well, disrespectful. Or maybe you’ve been afraid the answer might hurt.

If that’s you, please take a slow breath. You’re so welcome here.

Today’s devotional looks at Deuteronomy 4:29. Moses is speaking to people who’ve already made a mess of things, and yet he tells them: if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him. There’s no frown in that verse. No telling off. Just an open door.

Here’s the thing. The Bible doesn’t treat honest questions as a problem. It treats them as a beginning. Job asks why. David asks how long. Thomas asks for proof. Even Jesus on the cross cries out. Your questions are in good company, and they are safe with God.

So today, pick one question you’ve been swallowing. Just one. And instead of pushing it back down, hand it gently to God, exactly as it is.

Asking isn’t the opposite of faith. It’s often the beginning of it.

Watch the full 5-minute devotional here →

Walking with you.

Rob

Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/you-are-not-alone?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true