What Are You Doing With What God Said? 

What Are You Doing With What God Said? 

Pastor Blake Hanson | 7.27.25 

What you do with what God , shapes what God does you. 

1 Samuel 3:1–10 (NLT)

1 Meanwhile, the boy Samuel served the Lord by assisting Eli. Now in those days messages from the Lord were very rare, and visions were quite uncommon. 

2 One night Eli, who was almost blind by now, had gone to bed. 

3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was sleeping in the Tabernacle near the Ark of God. 

4 Suddenly the Lord called out, “Samuel!” “Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?” 

5 He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did. 

6 Then the Lord called out again, “Samuel!” Again Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you, my son,” Eli said. “Go back to bed.” 

7 Samuel did not yet know the Lord because he had never had a message from the Lord before. 

8 So the Lord called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” Then Eli realized it was the Lord who was calling the boy. 

9 So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went back to bed. 

10 And the Lord came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”

FOUR QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN GOD SPEAKS… 

1.   Am I ?  

1 Samuel 3:7 (NLT)

7 Samuel did not yet know the Lord because he had never had a message from the Lord before.

Three Ways We Learn God’s Voice: 

1. His

2 Timothy 3:16–17 (NLT)

16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 

17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

         2.  The

John 14:26 (NLT)

26 But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.

          3. His . 

2.    Am I ?  

1 Samuel 3:4–5 (NLT)

4  Suddenly the Lord called out, “Samuel!” “Yes?” Samuel replied. “What is it?” 

5 He got up and ran to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” “I didn’t call you,” Eli replied. “Go back to bed.” So he did.

1 Samuel 3:8–9 (NLT)

8 So the Lord called a third time, and once more Samuel got up and went to Eli. “Here I am. Did you call me?” Then Eli realized it was the Lord who was calling the boy. 

9 So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again, and if someone calls again, say, ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went back to bed.

3.   Am I addressing what’s ? 

1 Samuel 3:11–14 (NLT)

11 Then the Lord said to Samuel, “I am about to do a shocking thing in Israel. 

12 I am going to carry out all my threats against Eli and his family, from beginning to end. 

13 I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them. 

14 So I have vowed that the sins of Eli and his sons will never be forgiven by sacrifices or offerings.”

4.   Am I being ? 

1 Samuel 3:15–18 (NLT)

15 Samuel stayed in bed until morning, then got up and opened the doors of the Tabernacle as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli what the Lord had said to him. 

16 But Eli called out to him, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” Samuel replied. 

17 “What did the Lord say to you? Tell me everything. And may God strike you and even kill you if you hide anything from me!” 

18 So Samuel told Eli everything; he didn’t hold anything back. “It is the Lord’s will,” Eli replied. “Let him do what he thinks best.”

1 Samuel 3:19–21 (NLT)

19 As Samuel grew up, the Lord was with him, and everything Samuel said proved to be reliable. 

20 And all Israel, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord. 

21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh and gave messages to Samuel there at the Tabernacle.

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