Hannah & Solomon

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Ephesians 3:20 KJV 1900
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Hannah didn’t just get a son. She got a
Son who anointed two kings and changed the trajectory of a nation.
She was given above and beyond what she asked for. She received 3 sons and 2 daughters. 1 Samuel 2:21
1 Samuel 2:21 KJV 1900
And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
What did Hannah do? She asked.
What didn’t Hannah do? She wasn’t moved by man’s opinion.
God is Faithful
He’ll pay you back for all your pain. Hebrews 6:10
Hebrews 6:10 KJV 1900
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
1 Corinthians 2:9 KJV 1900
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
He came to give us Life and Life more abundantly
John 10:10 KJV 1900
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
have - own, possess, experience
abundantly - not ordinarily encountered, exceptional, extraordinary, remarkable, superfluous, special advantage, unnecessary, marked by great quantity or degree.
life - life as God has it, all of the highest and best which the saints possess in God.
Solomon
Solomon asked for wisdom and understanding with the right heart. 1 Kings 3:9
1 Kings 3:9 KJV 1900
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
Why did he want this? to discern between good and evil for his people.
What did God give Solomon besides wisdom?
riches and honor
distinguished him above all the other kings that would arise after him.
a long life as he followed the Lord.
He’s not the God of good enough or just get by. He hasn’t called you to be mediocre, mundane, average and ordinary. He has deposited greatness in you.
He wants us to get out of the land of good enough and get into the land of milk and honey.
Ending
Hannah asked for a child. She got a tribe.
Solomon asked for wisdom. He became the wisest man to walk the face of the earth. 2 Chronicles 1:12
2 Chronicles 1:12 KJV 1900
Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
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