Ben's response: barriers, asking God, and the risk both ways

Ben pushes back gently: biblical responsibilities like protecting children are real, but the question is whether anyone asks God where to serve. Opportunity and risk are two sides of the same coin. He warns both ways — Abraham tying up Isaac, Dan's Africa example of jumping the gun, and the danger that over-protection breeds pretentious prodigal's-brother types. The key question: did you even ask?