I really shouldn’t laugh, but I do.
There’s a man by the name of Louis van Gaal. For those uninitiated in the ways of football (or soccer as my poor cousins across the pond refer to it), Van Gaal is a successful manager linked strongly with the vacant post at Manchester United. I hope I don’t have to explain who they are – if I do let me leave it at this they’re among the biggest clubs in the world.
We have this Van Gaal dude linked to this vacancy at this huge club. So many things to ask. But one journalist of all the questions open to him, chooses to ask this: “What do you know about United?” The response given by Van Gaal was that this was a silly question to ask. Indeed it was. Asked a question like that is like asking someone who lives in England to tell us in which country they live. It’s so self-evident.
The problem with asking silly questions is that it detracts from the path we’re to take.to.find truth.
Often we’re side-tracked because we ask the wrong questions. We ask and pursue these much to our own detriment. For example if you follow an American maxim, life should be based around answering the question, “What makes me happy?” Though there’s nothing wrong with the question itself, when it becomes the central driver, we miss the point.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is not the heart of the Kingdom. Righteousness, peace and joy take us to different conclusions.
If we look at our questions individually and collectively, it’s good to challenge ourselves as to why we ask those questions. It’s good to uncover what the real drivers are. As we examine them, hopefully it will lead.us to consider more important questions than the ones that can lead to distraction and destruction.
So the quest is to find the right questions to get towards the truth. Exploring this together opens life-changing paths that can bring us to wholeness, harmony, justice and true, deep, meaningful love.
For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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