During my summer break I’ve been reading several books, one of which is The Lombardi Rules. The sub title to the book is 26 Lessons from Vince Lombardi – The World’s Greatest Coach. In this insightful book, which is a great read for leaders, it states, “the first steps on the road to self-knowledge involves asking ourselves tough questions.”
This got me thinking about another great leader who asked this, “Search me O God…” (Psalm 139:23). What would happen if you and I asked ourselves tough questions and then asked God to do the same thing? What would those questions look like?
How about some like this:
- Why do I want this new job…really?
- Why do I work such long hours…really?
- Why do I drink so much…really?
- Why won’t I let go of this hurt?
- Why do I not want to ask myself these kinds of questions?
What are the questions you are avoiding to ask yourself? Are there questions you don’t want to really allow God to ask? What are you pretending not to know?
Lombardi was an incredible coach that suggested one way of getting there was asking tough questions, so let’s start there. Then, when you’re ready to go the next step, let God start asking as well. I believe Lombardi was right, and we can learn from his lesson.
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