Lay Down What You Cannot Carry: Hannah's Example

Whatever you think the timeline is for your blessing, you're probably wrong. You're most likely wrong. Ask for the gift, but don't put a time on the gift giver. I'm telling you right now. You you think you're in control? You think you could tell God what time it is? He existed before time, space, or matter. You are not telling him anything. Just ask for the thing, pour yourself out, and let him do the rest. That that's what trust is. And we're not God's not on our time. [00:58:53] (35 seconds)  #TrustGodsTiming

No. I'm full of the spirit and I'm pouring myself out. Why? Because I'm making room for the Lord. I'm worshiping him by pouring out with prayer. I'm worshiping him by pouring out my grief. I'm worshiping by pouring out my disappointment. I'm I'm worshiping by pouring out my my issues with my rival. I'm pouring my burdens out before the Lord. I'm just pouring them out. I'm not filling myself up with the medicine of the world, but rather I'm pouring myself out of the things of God for his glory and his righteousness because I know it's gonna make room for in a space that only he can fill. [00:54:04] (38 seconds)  #PourOutMakeRoom

Last thing I'm gonna say, whatever God gives you to hold. In this case, Samuel. As you're praying and as you're seeking, answer the question, which is a question that she answered before it was even asked. When God does answer this prayer, how am I using it for his kingdom? How am I using it for his glory? How am I using it for the kingdom advancement? I know many of us want prayers of relief and comfortability and, you know, there's there's some ease that we're looking for and and that's good for us. But but ultimately, the question is, how am I using it for your kingdom? How am I gonna dedicate the answer to you? [01:03:15] (47 seconds)  #UseItForHisKingdom

And so, Lord, we seek you. We trust you. We love you. We thank you. You never fail. God gave Hannah a son, but he also gave us a son in the person of Jesus. And whatever we want, I'm telling you this right now, whatever we want, even the deepest longings desire, I'm telling you this, Jesus is the answer. First first and foremost, Jesus is the answer for all of that. Say it out loud, then we'll say, Jesus is the answer. Jesus is the answer. Yeah. He's never failed. He's never failed. He can't fail. He always wins. [01:04:57] (50 seconds)  #JesusIsTheAnswer

She goes and she says, I'm not filled up with anything. Instead, I'm pouring myself out. Why is it important that she was pouring her self out? Because when she was pouring herself out, she was making room for the spirit in her soul. She was making room for the answer that all those other items, all those other things, they couldn't answer the longing and the depths of her heart. They she knew that the answers weren't in wine and beer, and that was the solution many people were going to because why was it so natural for Eli to say, what are you drunk? [00:53:25] (36 seconds)  #DiscernTheSpirit

Before you just really took it all to him. I know we pray. Sometimes we can just say the same old prayers. We ask you for the same old thing, but I wanna know when was the last time we poured our self out? It reminds me of Jesus at the table of the Pharisee. And the woman comes with the alabaster jar and she takes that which is precious and valuable. And she takes that perfume, that pure nard, that that that dowry that she had. Something a substance that was worth a year's wages and she took that and she broke that before the Lord. And she used it as an offering to cover Jesus from head to toe and and and she took that and she broke that was precious and she said, this, you are more precious than anything that I have or could ever want. [00:56:19] (48 seconds)  #BrokenAndContrite

He is wise in our foolishness. He is more than enough in our lack. He is God and I am not. And I haven't been created to hold this. And I wonder right now in this time if we can just come to terms with the fact some of us maybe there's some hard work. I don't know if during this sermon you need to close your eyes or just do business with the Lord and just say, Lord, what have I been holding that's not mine to carry? It's not mine to carry. [00:46:13] (30 seconds)  #RewatchAndPourOut

Myself, I'm pouring it out. Lord, I'm I'm giving you everything. I'm giving you my desires. I'm giving you my grief. I'm confessing my sin. I'm bringing worship. I'm bringing supplication and praise. I'm praying. I'm pouring myself out because why? Only you have the answers, and only you can fill this void. You're the only one. You're the only one. So she goes. She pours herself out. When's the last time we just really poured our self out before the Lord? Just took some time on a day. The house is quiet. Nobody's there, and we can just be in our living room or at our kitchen table or in our prayer closet or beside our bed or out in nature or wherever you need to go because it's just been a minute before you poured yourself out before the Lord. [00:55:20] (60 seconds)  #ReleaseTheGrief