Answer the Call Like Samuel: Available, Teachable, Trusting

``There is something about us being able to understand that when god calls youth, they need us as seniors. They need somebody to encourage them to lead and to guide them And notice every time Samuel showed up, what did he say? Go lay back down. And then the third time, it must have clicked in Samuel's head. This boy ain't crazy. He ain't sleepwalking. The lord is talking to him and because the lord is talking to him, I need to give him some instruction because if you notice Samuel said, if he calls you again, this is what you ought to say. You ought to say, lord, speak to me. Yeah. [00:41:39] (48 seconds)  #SeniorsGuideYouth

I had to trust the first time that I walked in this pulpit that it was going to stand up to my weight. You you have to trust every day when you get ready to go to work and that your job is going to still be there. You you you have to trust when you put your children on a school bus. That that that they're going to come home safe. You you you have to trust the lord because if you trust the lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding, that means you're acknowledging the fact that it's in god's hands despite of what it looks like. Amen. Amen. [00:44:40] (33 seconds)  #TrustGodDaily

God often speaks when things are quiet and not noisy. When there ain't no crowd around or when there's some chaos, god will speak up but god speaks in stillness. That's why David said in Psalms forty six and ten, be still and know that I am god. [00:35:46] (19 seconds)  #BeStillAndListen

Some of the clearest calls come in the loneliest seasons. When you're sitting around going through when when friendships are changing, when when when certainty fades or when the future is unclear, it it that that's the time when god steps. So, you know, it's god lot of times can't talk to us when everything's going good for us. Come on. God has to talk to us in the valley sometimes. [00:36:04] (26 seconds)  #CallsComeInTheValley

Young people, if god is calling you, go back to that same place where he's calling you at and stay there. Till he calls again. And when he calls again, tell the lord, lord, speak to me. In other words, lord, give me those instruction. Teachable people say, help me. I understand. Teachable C said, teach me how to pray. Teach me how to discern. We have to be teachable if god is going to use us. [00:42:27] (31 seconds)  #StayWhereGodCalls

Hebrews remind us that by faith, Abraham obeyed and went. Even though he did not know where he was going. Young people, you have to trust god in your life even though sometimes, most times, you won't know what god is trying to take you but if you trust god, when you trust god, you become provoking to the world but trust god in your spirit and god will protect you. Samuel actually trusted god before he ever knew what his assignment was. [00:45:13] (34 seconds)  #WalkByFaithNotSight

I don't know what you want me to do, god, but I'm available. This is a phrase that we hear throughout the Bible. Abraham said, here I am. Moses said, here I am. Isaiah said, here I am, send me, here I am, can can be considered a dangerous word because you say it and and sometimes but are you really understanding what it's calling you to do? You're telling god, I'm available to be used. [00:33:00] (29 seconds)  #HereIAmAvailable

I'm open to chains. I'm willing to be stretched. When whatever you say, here I am to god, that means that you're okay with what god is about to do with you. Paul echoes this in Romans when he says, we present our bodies as a living sacrifice. In other words, whatever you gonna do to me, god, I'm available. [00:33:29] (27 seconds)  #WillingToBeUsed