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I was in the grocery store when I heard a mother say to her son, \u201cJason, will you put that back on the shelf?\u201d Jason, her young son, looked at her and said, \u201cNo.\u201d To which the shocked mother said, \u201cActually Jason, that wasn\u2019t a question. Put that back on the shelf.\u201d When I saw this interaction, I chuckled to myself, because sometimes, I think, you and I can be like Jason towards God. God may be asking us to do something\u2014to which we are saying no. But the reality of the situation is, some things God asks of us aren\u2019t questions; they aren\u2019t optional. They\u2019re really more of commands. One example I can think of is evangelism. How often do we not share the Good News because we don\u2019t want to, or feel uncomfortable or awkward talking to a friend? The fact of the matter is, Jesus doesn\u2019t ask us if we feel like sharing the Gospel. The Bible doesn\u2019t say, \u201cwill you please tell people about me when you\u2019re feeling up to it?\u201d Instead, the Bible says in Mark 16:15, \u201cGo into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to all creation.\u201d This week, why don\u2019t you do just that? Share the Good News as if evangelism were not optional. Because it\u2019s a command, not a suggestion. This is Luis Palau.