S2:148 1 Samuel 3 - 4
Join The Journey
Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX
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🗓️ 2 August 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Why does a fearful delay to respond to God mean disobedience? In this episode, Emma Dotter takes us through 1 Samuel 3 and 4, reminding us that God is big and powerful, but he is also personal and genuinely cares for His children!
Scriptures referenced in today’s episode:
John 16:12-14 – The Spirit guides us
John 1:14 – Jesus is the Word made flesh
Romans 1:18-20 – God reveals His existence to us
Job 12:7-10, Psalm 96:11-12, Psalm 19:1 – God communicates through His creation
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast |
| 0:05.7 | with your host, Emma, daughter. Thanks for joining. Today, we're reading 1 Samuel 3 and 4, |
| 0:13.0 | answering the questions, how does God speak? And have you ever been fearful to share a message |
| 0:17.9 | God is impressing upon your heart? When I was first called to ministry, I was terrified to tell my parents, which made zero |
| 0:25.1 | sense because they were nothing but supportive in the end. |
| 0:27.5 | But I remember it clear as day. |
| 0:30.1 | It was my sophomore year in college, January, around New Year's to be specific, so about halfway |
| 0:35.8 | through the school year. |
| 0:36.9 | And I was home for vacation and found |
| 0:39.2 | myself back at the camp I'd worked at the previous summer. I was sitting at a picnic table |
| 0:43.7 | doing my quiet time, the same picnic table I'd met with the Lord at all summer, and it was on this |
| 0:49.1 | pretty average January day that I remember the Lord clearly impressing it upon my heart that vocational ministry |
| 0:56.2 | was for me and I was terrified. This was a big shift. And for a little bit, I kind of swept that |
| 1:03.2 | call under the rug. I was uncertain how others in my life would respond. It wasn't until a few |
| 1:08.3 | weeks later when I was at the Passion Conference that the |
| 1:10.8 | Lord again impressed this call to vocational ministry on my heart. But this time, I was more convicted. |
| 1:17.9 | I had known for quite some time what God was calling me to do, but had been hesitant to share that |
| 1:23.2 | call with others or to take an action step. Have you ever been there? You know that God is calling you to |
| 1:29.8 | take some next step of faithfulness, but you hold back because you're not sure how others will |
| 1:34.2 | respond. Maybe it feels uncomfortable, unknown, unsafe, or just terrifying. When we know God is calling |
| 1:42.1 | us to do something and to share it with others, we are disobedient when we delay. |
| 1:47.0 | We miss out on what God has for us and others miss out on the opportunity to respond, partner with us in ministry, |
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