In the quiet of an ordinary night, God broke his silence to speak to a young boy, and what he said changed everything.

Remember, it's the story of Samuel hearing God's voice.

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall uncovers the forgotten half of this

beloved Bible story, the part that reveals why even the most devoted families can drift,

why busyness can become our greatest enemy, and why hearing truth without acting on it leads

to heartbreak. This message may be the wake-up call that your family needs.

Chuck titled his message, Samuel, the boy who heard God's voice.

For the next few moments, I want you to think of yourself as a child.

A child in Sunday school, you're about seven to ten years of age, and as usual, your mind

is drifting and wandering from one thing to another. You're busy, you're fidgety. You're not

thinking much about what the teacher has on her or his mind,

and then suddenly something catches your eye. She brings in a series of large posters, which are

pictures, and each picture represents a story out of the scriptures, and she has asked you to name the

story by just looking at the picture. Got it? Okay, play along with me in this game, and let's see how

well you do as a class of seven to ten year olds in Sunday school

looking at pictures. So if you know the answer, just answer it out loud, okay? The first large

poster shows a young man standing beside a fresh grave. He has blood all over his clothing. He has a knife in his hands.

He has a look of guilt on his face. And he's looking up as God is speaking to him. What is that picture?

Good for you, Cain and Abel. That's right. One for one. Second, there is an enormous series of black clouds above. It looks like you cannot see land anywhere in the distance. The sea is rough and turbulent, and there is a lonely, lonely barge-like ship sitting on this water as the rain is pouring down, and you look through the window of the barge and you see a monkey sitting on this water as the rain is pouring down and you look through the window of the

barge and you see a monkey sitting on a giraffe's head.

No one knows.

Noah and the ark.

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