Teachers ought to rejoice when students ask questions. Asking indicates a student’s desire to gain knowledge and informs the teacher what the individual student doesn’t understand. All too often it seems that teachers feel their methods are somehow challenged when questions are asked. Many students have had their desire to learn quenched by the attitude of a teacher.

But the Greatest Teacher is different. God tells us to ask and we will receive (1 John 5:14; James 1:5). We need to ask according to His will and with the intent of learning and wanting to understand and change. If we do not ask, we will not learn.

In school, our questions may not always be addressed because teachers do not have all of the answers. Our questions may not always be answered right away when we pray either, but for a much different reason. God does have all the answers, but He has reserved areas in which He does not give out all of the information yet. He has a greater plan that we are a part of. Even though we may only be able to learn parts of God’s plan now, we will know exactly what is in store for us in time. Don’t lose the desire to search out the true answers.