I read where it is said the those of us that use the Holy Bible as our final source of truth, other than the Truth ( God ), are not thinking for ourselves. And I want to be the first to tell you that you are mistaken. The Bible is alive and when I read it with God-consciousness, He often tells me what He wants me to get from that passage that moment.

No, I don't hear an audible voice, but I hear His voice anyway. When you hear the voice of a loved one, don't you recognize it immediately? No matter how sound asleep I am, either of my sons saying one word 'Mom' and I am wide awake instantly. My brain knows their voices and recognizes them immediately and if one of them is upset, I regerster that quickly also. I know my boys.

God knows me better than I know my boys. He knows exactly what I need to hear and sometimes my reading my Bible is simply about the comfort or love I need from Him. Most of the time I don't know what gift I will get at that time. I always learn more about my Abba. His leading me forward in our relationship, His knowing what is best for me ( trusting the expert as DH would say) God knows what is best for me and I only have real trouble when I let my arrogance get in the way of trusting God.

Now, I want to talk about several ways of questioning the Bible. I'll go to a Bible Study and the leader will present a bounty of Biblical thoughts and I'll question what the speaker meant on one point (meek and mild is not me) and we get get into a discussion with others commenting on the topic also (sometimes during the study and sometimes after the study). Many of the sentences starting with, "But in this passage it says ........" And off we go on a great time of discovery - comparing passsages and questioning what they mean.

Sometimes, when I'm reading my Bible, I'll say," God. what do you want me to get out of this today?" He'll use the same passage on different days, to tell me different things. He talks through the Bible, He talks to me in person, amd He talks to me through others. I must be discerning to know what is from Him and what is not. Questioning is part of a healthy , honest relationship. God understands and enjoys my questions.

To question God is a good thing. That I agree with. Just as one would have questions for our mortal parents, we would have questions for our "Parents in Heaven". After all He is our Father in Heaven. James 1:5 " If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God..." Matthew 7:7 " Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:"
The sweetest thing is, He will never lie to us. Through His Holy Spirit he will manefest the truth to us, no matter what circumstance we are in or what our concerns are. And through the Holy Spirtit we can know the truth of all things.
When we have this witness of the truths of God's word and build our faith on Jesus Christ, we gain something NOBODY can take away from us and that is a personal testimony and revelation from God the Father Himself! What greater witness does one need!?
Yes,people WILL try and take that away from you. They will want you to "proove" to them that what you know is true. They will throw questions and "facts" at you to make you doubt yourself and beliefs. They will throw every fiery dart at you that they have to bring you down. But always remember this: persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but God's truth will go forth! And this all started because somebody dared to question God.

And like a parent, sometimes the answer is "because I said so".