In today's world, we seem to be addicted to comfort.

We're driven to find a peaceful space without any conflict, disruption, or worse yet, pain and suffering.

Well, today, on Insight for Living,

Chuck Swindall continues his biographical series

on the life of Paul.

In this study, we'll see the timeless tension

that exists between our comfort and our calling.

When we're in sync with God's plan

and listening to his voice, buckle up.

His ways often include uncertainty and detours.

Teaching from Acts 13, Chuck titled his message,

Released in Order to Obey.

When we set out in our examination of the life and times of Paul, I had not thought of one

of the major reasons the man lived with such a clean heart. Part of the reason the man lives

so clean before God is because of the constant changes that he accepted.

Turn to Acts chapter 13.

I love these first four verses because they describe the beginning of a, well, a church that was

really on fire.

Acts 13.1, there were at Antioch in the church that was there prophets and teachers.

They are named for us. You're only familiar with two of them, the first and the last.

Barnabas, Simeon, who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manayan, who has been brought up with

Herod the Tetrarch and Saul.

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