Groups Discussion Guide
Read Scripture. Go Deeper. Ask Questions. Take Action.
The Power Of The Prompt
Scripture
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.
Main Idea
We live with more information at our fingertips than any generation before us, yet we struggle to tell good answers from bad ones. What we lack is not access but wisdom, and Solomon says wisdom does not simply arrive with age or experience. It has to be pursued, and the pursuit begins with the right prompt, which is why growing in wisdom takes four moves:
- Name What You Don't Know: admit you still have something to learn and take the position of a learner.
- Seek What You Can See: carry vision for how your life could grow and go looking for wisdom on purpose.
- Listen For What You Can Learn: stop talking long enough to actually hear the answer you asked for.
- Serve With What You Can Share: apply what you receive by helping others and paying it forward.
The quality of the prompt impacts the quality of the response.
Discussion Questions
- Pastor Justin said that our problem today is not an inability to access information but an inability to assess it. Where do you feel that gap in your own life right now?
- Naming what you don't know can feel like exposing your insecurities or failures. What makes it hard for you to admit you have something to learn?
- Pastor Justin reminded us that everybody you meet knows something you don't. Who is someone you could learn from this week, and what question would you ask them?
- What is one thing you have learned that you could pass on to serve someone else, so it becomes wisdom instead of just information?
Summary
Solomon wrote Proverbs as a father passing wisdom to his son, and he does not just tell him wisdom matters. He prompts him to pursue it. That pursuit starts by naming what you don't know, which means admitting you still have something to learn even when that feels like weakness. A disciple is simply a learner, so followers of Jesus should be the most teachable people there are. From there you seek what you can see, carrying real vision for how your life could grow and going after wisdom instead of waiting for it to fall in your lap.
The pursuit continues as you listen for what you can learn, because asking questions means nothing if you never quiet down enough to hear the answer. Even Moses took correction from his father-in-law, and Jesus sat among the teachers listening and asking, and He grew in wisdom. The last move is to serve with what you can share, applying what you received by honoring the people who invested in you and passing it on to others. The goal of wisdom is not to look smart but to be useful. Keep asking, keep listening, and keep handing what you learn to someone else, and you will keep moving toward the life God has for you.
Take Action
- This week, name one area where you have been pretending to know more than you do, and write out an honest prayer admitting your need for God's wisdom there.
- Reach out to one person in your life this week, ask them a real question about something they understand that you don't, and listen without filling the silence.
- Think of something you have learned recently, and pass it on to someone this week by teaching it, sharing it, or thanking the person who first gave it to you.
