When God Asks

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Jun 25, 2026 · 5m

There are seasons when God asks of us what seems unbearably costly the surrender of loved ones, cherished hopes, or the fruit of long labor and we are tempted to think that life is little more than a series of losses; yet Scripture shows that God never asks before He first gives, and never asks more than He has already bestowed. As Exodus reveals at Sinai, God reminded Israel of His mighty acts of deliverance before calling them to obedience, declaring that their giving was a response to His prior grace. What appears to us as continual taking is, in truth, a divine pattern of investment: God…