Every parent knows the power of late-night questions from a curious child, like, why do we do this?

Today, on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall takes us to a moment when God knew that millions of children would ask that question.

Through a dramatic story in Exodus, Chuck reveals how God wove together a high-stakes drama and a lasting family legacy into a single evening.

This isn't just ancient history. It's a master class in what happens when people take God at His Word and simply obey,

even when the instructions seem strange.

The theme of this emphasis on this Sunday is not missions, its obedience.

I am of the personal conviction that our greatest struggle is not in the realm of understanding

the will of God, it's in the realm of obeying the will of God.

The clear truth of God's word is set before us.

It's available to us, and we read it.

In fact, it is explained to us, and we hear what he says. But when the chips are down, our tendency, in fact, our habit is,

but I've got a way I'd rather do it. I've got it planned another way.

Let me ask you a different kind of question that relates to missionary involvement.

The normal question is, how do I know that God wants me on the mission field?

Here's a better question. How do you know that God wants me on the mission field? Here's a better question.

How do you know he doesn't?

Honestly.

And there are some of you at that juncture in life where you really need to be asking yourself that question.

Your answer perhaps is, well, he's not calling everybody.

I know that.

That's not the question. The question is, well, he's not calling everybody. I know that.

That's not the question.

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